{"id":122435,"date":"2025-02-25T08:54:47","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T08:54:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?p=122435"},"modified":"2025-02-25T08:54:49","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T08:54:49","slug":"general-security-forces-arrest-former-regime-militant-in-damascus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/122435\/","title":{"rendered":"General Security forces arrest former regime militant in Damascus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>DAMASCUS, Syria (North Press) &#8211;<\/strong> The Syrian Ministry of Interior announced on Tuesday that one of its patrols was ambushed by an armed group linked to the former Syrian regime in Qaboun neighborhood in Damascus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Abdul Rahman al-Dabbagh, the Director of Security for Damascus Governorate, confirmed that the attack resulted in the death of one patrol member and the injury of two others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He added that security forces engaged in a confrontation with the gunmen, ultimately arresting the group&#8217;s members along with their leader, Fawzi Leila, a former military security officer under the previous regime, according to the ministry&#8217;s statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Media outlets had reported on Monday that clashes erupted between security forces and armed members affiliated with the former regime near Qaboun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>By Abdulsalam Khoja<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DAMASCUS, Syria (North Press) &#8211; The Syrian Ministry of Interior announced on Tuesday that one of its patrols was ambushed by an armed group linked to the former Syrian regime in Qaboun neighborhood in Damascus. 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