{"id":122867,"date":"2025-03-07T08:23:45","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T08:23:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?p=122867"},"modified":"2025-03-07T08:23:47","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T08:23:47","slug":"syrian-authorities-arrest-former-air-force-intelligence-chief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/122867\/","title":{"rendered":"Syrian authorities arrest former Air Force Intelligence Chief"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>DAMASCUS, Syria (North Press) \u2013<\/strong> The Internal Security Agency of the Syrian caretaker government announced on Thursday evening the arrest of retired Major General Ibrahim Huweija, the former head of the Syrian Air Force Intelligence Directorate, who is accused of orchestrating multiple assassinations during the rule of former President Hafez al-Assad, in the coastal city of Jableh. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the official Syrian news agency SANA, a source within the General Security Administration confirmed the arrest, stating: &#8220;The criminal Major General Ibrahim Huweija, former head of Syrian Air Force Intelligence from 1987 to 2002, has been detained in the city of Jableh.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Huweija is accused of being involved in &#8220;hundreds of assassinations&#8221; under the Assad family&#8217;s rule, including the 1977 assassination of Lebanese Druze leader Kamal Jumblatt. 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