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| 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> | 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> | ||
| == Reaction == | == Reaction == | ||
| * {{Flag icon|Syrian opposition}} ] : welcomed the arrest, describing it as an "important step on the path to justice and the prosecution of those who committed crimes against the Syrian people". | |||
| == See also == | == See also == | ||
Revision as of 22:06, 27 December 2024
On December 26, 2024, the Syrian Transitional Government announced that it had arrested Major General Mohammed Kanjo Hassan, former head of the military judiciary under the Assad regime and a prison guard at Sednaya prison.
| Capture of Mohammed Kanjo Hassan | |
|---|---|
| Part of the Syrian civil war and Western Syria clashes (December 2024–present) | |
| Location | Khirbet al-Ma'zah, Syria |
| Commanded by |  Military Operations Command |
| Target |  Mohammed Kanjo Hassan (POW) |
| Date | 26 December 2024; 3 days ago (2024-12-26) |
| Outcome | Operational success
|
| Casualties | 17 killed 10 injured |
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.
After the fall of the Assad regime, Kanjo Hassan would go into hiding.
Events
Deadly clashes erupted in the coastal province of Tartus 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. Armed forces launched a raid in the village of Khirbet al-Ma'zah, resulting in the arrest of Kanjo Hassan and twenty of his associates. Kanjo Hassan was found hiding in a hole in the ground. The conflict resulted in fourteen interior ministry personnel losing their lives and ten others sustaining injuries during what officials described as an "ambush". Three gunmen associated with Kanjo Hassan were also killed in the gun fight.
Reaction
- National Coalition of Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces : welcomed the arrest, describing it as an "important step on the path to justice and the prosecution of those who committed crimes against the Syrian people".
See also
References
- ^ Hounshell, Blake (December 27 2024). "syria-new-rulers-arrest-key-military-official-behind-saydnaya-death-penalties-assad". France 24. Retrieved 2024-12-27.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - Hounshell, Blake (December 27 2024). "syria-captures-key-military-official-involved-sednaya-prison-abuses". Middle East Eye. Retrieved 2024-12-27.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - "Syria's new rulers arrest official behind Saydnaya death penalties". France 24. 27 December 2024. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
- Hounshell, Blake (December 27 2024). "syria-former-justice-who-sent-thousands-to-death-arrested". DW. Retrieved 2024-12-27.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - Hounshell, Blake (December 27 2024). "syria-captures-key-military-official-involved-sednaya-prison-abuses". Middle East Eye. Retrieved 2024-12-27.
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:2was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - السوري, المرصد (2024-12-26). "تصفية "شبيح" ومقتل اثنين من المتورطين بقتل عناصر الأمن العام في الساحل السوري | المرصد السوري لحقوق الإنسان" (in Arabic). Retrieved 2024-12-27.
- السوري, المرصد (2024-12-25). "مقتل 6 عناصر من قوى الأمن العام باشتباكات مع عصابة أحد سفاحي "صيدنايا" في ريف طرطوس | المرصد السوري لحقوق الإنسان" (in Arabic). Retrieved 2024-12-27.
- Hounshell, Blake (December 27 2024). "syria-authorities-arrest-official-behind-saydnaya-death-penalties". Le Monde. Retrieved 2024-12-27.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - "Syria's new rulers arrest official behind Saydnaya death penalties". France 24. 27 December 2024. Retrieved 27 December 2024.