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'Main suspect in a massacre': Syria arrests Assad-era paramilitary leader
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SignalsMonitor is following this as a conflict story. Middle East Eye is the outlet attached so far. The first report grouped here was at 15 Oct 2026, 23:25 UTC. The headline in use is “'Main suspect in a massacre': Syria arrests Assad-era paramilitary leader”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
Syrian authorities on Thursday said they had arrested a paramilitary leader who backed ousted ruler Bashar al-Assad during the country's civil war and was the main suspect in a massacre of nearly 250 civilians. "The intelligence services have arrested Ali Kayali, who also went by the name Mihrac Ural, the…
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'Main suspect in a massacre': Syria arrests Assad-era paramilitary leader
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