Syria arrests Assad-era general over alleged role in 2011 Saida Housing massacre

DAMASCUS: Syrian Internal Security Forces have arrested Brig. Gen. Jaber Mehrez Ibrahim, a former commander of the 138th Air Defense Brigade under the ousted Assad regime, the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reported. SANA said Ibrahim was detained after a "precise surveillance and tracking operation." He commanded the brigade in the town of Saida, in eastern Daraa province, during the...