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Security or justice? Syria faces post-Assad reckoning after string of arrests

Amjad Youssef, a Syrian intelligence officer who killed civilians in the 2013 Tadamon massacres, had been

Syrian commission prepares war crimes case against notorious Assad official

Amjad Youssef](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/24/syria-arrests-suspected-leader-of-tadamon-massacre), a main perpetrator in the Tadamon massacres. ![A group of women

Syria arrests suspected leader of Tadamon massacre

Amjad Youssef was captured in the countryside about 30 miles (50km) outside the city of Hama

Syrian authorities arrest main suspect in 2013 Tadamon massacre

Amjad Youssef was arrested following a “tightly executed security operation”, the interior ministry said, adding

Syria puts first Assad-era official on trial in Damascus

Amjad Yousef](/news/2026/4/24/main-suspect-in-tadamon-massacre-arrested-in-operation), the main suspect accused of the [2013 Tadamon massacre](/news/2022/5/9/syrian-rights-groups-urge-un-for-a-probe-over-tadamon-massacre) in Damascus, when at least 41 people were killed. In 2022, a leaked video appeared to show Youssef