{"id":139001,"date":"2026-07-12T08:56:55","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T08:56:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?p=139001"},"modified":"2026-07-12T08:56:56","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T08:56:56","slug":"syrian-authorities-detain-ex-assad-security-officials-in-deir-ez-zor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/139001\/","title":{"rendered":"Syrian authorities detain ex-Assad security officials in Deir ez-Zor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>DEIR EZ-ZOR, Syria (North Press) \u2013 <\/strong>The Deir ez-Zor Media Directorate on Saturday announced that security forces arrested several former security officials who served under Syria&#8217;s al-Assad regime in Deir ez-Zor Governorate, eastern Syria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a statement, the directorate said the operation targeted Fadel Mohammad Moeen al-Nuwaiji, a former Political Security investigator who served in the Abu Kamal town in Deir ez-Zor countryside and held several positions within the al-Assad regime&#8217;s security branches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Authorities also arrested Ahmad Suleiman al-Maibi, the former head of the armament division in the National Defense Forces (NDF), who was responsible for the group&#8217;s sniper units, and Mohammad Ramadan al-Alim, the former head of the General Intelligence Directorate prison. 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