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| On December 27, 2024, the ] announced that it had arrested Major General Mohammed Kanjo Hassan, former head of the military judiciary under the ] and a prison guard at ].<ref name=":0">{{cite news |last=Hounshell |first=Blake |date=December 27 2024 |title=syria-new-rulers-arrest-key-military-official-behind-saydnaya-death-penalties-assad|work=] |url=https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20241226-syria-new-rulers-arrest-key-military-official-behind-saydnaya-death-penalties-assad|access-date=2024-12-27}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Hounshell |first=Blake |date=December 27 2024 |title=syria-captures-key-military-official-involved-sednaya-prison-abuses|work=] |url=https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/syria-captures-key-military-official-involved-sednaya-prison-abuses|access-date=2024-12-27}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Syria's new rulers arrest official behind Saydnaya death penalties |date=27 December 2024 |work=France 24 |url=https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20241226-syria-new-rulers-arrest-key-military-official-behind-saydnaya-death-penalties-assad |access-date=27 December 2024 }}</ref> | |||
| ] | |||
| == Background == | |||
| ] | |||
| Kanjo Hassan was the head of Syria's military field court from 2011 to 2014. Later on, Kanjo Hassan was promoted to chief of military justice across Syria, | |||
| It is believed that Kanjo Hassan made $150 million from bribes paid by relatives of detainees desperate for information on their loved ones.<ref>{{cite news |last=Hounshell |first=Blake |date=December 27 2024 |title=syria-former-justice-who-sent-thousands-to-death-arrested|work=] |url=https://www.amp.dw.com/en/syria-former-justice-who-sent-thousands-to-death-arrested/a-71166368|access-date=2024-12-27}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Hounshell |first=Blake |date=December 27 2024 |title=syria-captures-key-military-official-involved-sednaya-prison-abuses|work=] |url=https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/syria-captures-key-military-official-involved-sednaya-prison-abuses|access-date=2024-12-27}}</ref> | |||
| After the ], Kanjo Hassan would go into hiding. | |||
| == Events == | |||
| Deadly clashes erupted in the coastal province of ] between security forces that tried to arrest Kanjo Hassan and gunmen who sought to protect him. | |||
| The next day, the Syrian Military Operations Department conducted a major security operation combing through several Tartus Governorate villages and forests for regime loyalists and those involved with Assad regime-related crimes.<ref name=":2" /> Armed forces launched a raid in the village of ], resulting in the arrest of Kanjo Hassan and twenty of his associates. Kanjo Hassan was found hiding in a hole in the ground.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=السوري |first=المرصد |date=2024-12-26 |title=تصفية “شبيح” ومقتل اثنين من المتورطين بقتل عناصر الأمن العام في الساحل السوري {{!}} المرصد السوري لحقوق الإنسان |url=https://www.syriahr.com/%D8%AA%D8%B5%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%B4%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AD-%D9%88%D9%85%D9%82%D8%AA%D9%84-%D8%A7%D8%AB%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%86-%D9%85%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B7%D9%8A%D9%86-%D8%A8/742547/ |access-date=2024-12-27 |language=ar}}</ref> The conflict resulted in fourteen interior ministry personnel losing their lives and ten others sustaining injuries during what officials described as an "ambush".<ref name=":0" /> Three gunmen associated with Kanjo Hassan were also killed in the gun fight.<ref>{{Cite web |last=السوري |first=المرصد |date=2024-12-25 |title=مقتل 6 عناصر من قوى الأمن العام باشتباكات مع عصابة أحد سفاحي “صيدنايا” في ريف طرطوس {{!}} المرصد السوري لحقوق الإنسان |url=https://www.syriahr.com/%D9%85%D9%82%D8%AA%D9%84-6-%D8%B9%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B5%D8%B1-%D9%85%D9%86-%D9%82%D9%88%D9%89-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%85%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B4%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%A7/742416/ |access-date=2024-12-27 |language=ar}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Hounshell |first=Blake |date=December 27 2024 |title=syria-authorities-arrest-official-behind-saydnaya-death-penalties|work=] |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2024/12/27/syria-authorities-arrest-official-behind-saydnaya-death-penalties-ngo_6736475_4.html|access-date=2024-12-27}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Syria's new rulers arrest official behind Saydnaya death penalties |date=27 December 2024 |work=France 24 |url=https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20241226-syria-new-rulers-arrest-key-military-official-behind-saydnaya-death-penalties-assad |access-date=27 December 2024 }}</ref> | |||
| == See also == | |||
| * ] | |||
| == References == | |||
| {{Reflist}} | |||
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