{"id":126965,"date":"2025-07-03T11:43:05","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T11:43:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?p=126965"},"modified":"2025-07-03T11:43:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T11:43:07","slug":"aleppo-security-forces-arrest-former-member-of-pro-assad-militia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/126965\/","title":{"rendered":"Aleppo security forces arrest former member of pro-Assad militia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>ALEPPO, Syria (North Press) \u2013 <\/strong>Security forces in Aleppo city, northwestern Syria, arrested on Thursday a former member of the pro-Assad National Defense Forces (NDF) on charges related to human rights violations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the Syrian Interior Ministry, the security forces apprehended Abdul Rahman Dahrouj, who is accused of committing abuses against civilians during his time with the regime-affiliated militia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ministry stated that Dahrouj appeared in a 2020 video during a military campaign on the northern frontlines, in which he was seen exhuming graves in a village formerly under al-Assad regime control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He has been referred to the competent judiciary for further investigation and legal action, the statement added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>By Ahmad Othman<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ALEPPO, Syria (North Press) \u2013 Security forces in Aleppo city, northwestern Syria, arrested on Thursday a former member of the pro-Assad National Defense Forces (NDF) on charges related to human rights violations. 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