"Amjad Youssef was captured in the countryside about 30 miles outside the city of Hama and had been taken into custody following a carefully executed security operation."
"Youssef is one of the most prominent suspects in what has become known as the Tadamon massacre, the slaughter of an estimated 288 civilians, including 12 children, in a southern Damascus neighbourhood in 2013."
"More than two dozen videos showed uniformed Syrian army officials working with pro-government militiamen to lead groups of blindfolded civilians to the edge of a pit, forcing them inside and then shooting them dead."
"A whistleblower discovered the videos on a government laptop and secretly passed them to activists in Paris, who sent them to a pair of researchers based in the Netherlands."
Amjad Youssef, a former Syrian regime official, was arrested by security forces in the countryside near Hama. He is a suspect in the Tadamon massacre, where 288 civilians were killed in 2013. The massacre was documented in videos leaked to researchers, showing Syrian army officials and pro-government militiamen executing civilians. The footage revealed the brutal treatment of civilians by Assad's forces. Youssef's arrest follows a security operation, and images of him in custody have circulated on social media, showing signs of violence.
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