Syria Interior Ministry Arrests Former Major General Ali Saleh Diab in Qamishli

Syrian state media reported that the Internal Security Forces arrested former Major General Ali Saleh Diab in Qamishli, in Hasakah province, during a specialized security operation based on “precise tracking and monitoring.”

“The Syrian Ministry of Interior announced, yesterday, Friday, the arrest of former Major General Ali Saleh Diyab, who held the position of head of the Military Security Branch in the city of Qamishli (northeast) during the rule of the toppled Assad regime”

Al-Jazeera Net

SANA said the Ministry of Interior clarified via its official Telegram channel that Diab served as head of the Military Security Branch in Qamishli for ten years between 2008 and 2018.

Al-Jazeera Net

The ministry’s statement, as carried by SANA, linked Diab’s name to “systematic violations and crimes,” and said investigations point to his responsibility for tracking and arresting large numbers of young men in Hasakah and Qamishli.

SANA added that those detainees were subsequently handed over to the notorious Palestine Branch and Sednaya Prison, framing the operation as part of efforts to pursue and hold accountable officials of the deposed regime.

In a separate framing, Al-Jazeera Net described the same arrest as the Interior Ministry’s move to target a “prominent” security officer, identifying Ali Saleh Diyab as head of the Military Security Branch in Qamishli during the toppled Assad regime.

In southern Syria, the Syrian Ministry of Interior announced the arrest of a wanted individual in Daraa Governorate for involvement in abductions and enforced disappearances, according to Deutsche Presse-Agentur (DPA) as cited by الشرق الأوسط.

The ministry said Internal Security Forces, in coordination with the Anti-Terrorism Directorate, arrested the so-called Raafat Anwar Al-Amoudi, described as “one of the most wanted,” for working for the militia known as the Popular Committees affiliated with the former regime in Daraa.

Ash-Sharq Al-Awsat

The initial investigations reported by الشرق الأوسط said Al-Amoudi’s involvement included abductions and enforced disappearances affecting residents of the province, with records indicating he worked for the head of the former Military Security Branch, Brig. Gen. Wafiq al-Nasser.

The same report said the ministry’s evidence described Al-Amoudi as cooperating closely with the Air Intelligence Directorate led by Colonel Qusay Mihoub, including handing over wanted persons and financially extorting their families by negotiating for large sums of money.

The ministry, as quoted in the report, said competent authorities continue investigations with the detainee to fully uncover the circumstances and present him to justice for “lawful punishment.”

Al-Jazeera Net said the Interior Ministry accused former Major General Ali Saleh Diyab of responsibility for “pursuing and arresting large numbers of youths” in Hasakah Province and the city of Qamishli, and handing them over to the Palestine Branch and the Sednaya Military Prison.

“Hasakah, July 3 (SANA) The Internal Security Forces on Friday arrested former Major General Ali Saleh Diab, a prominent officer within the military and security apparatus of the deposed regime, during a specialized security operation based on precise tracking and monitoring”

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The same outlet reported that the Ministry of Interior had, in June, presented a list of dozens of security and military figures in the toppled regime involved in “war crimes and wide violations,” and it referenced a separate June arrest in Aleppo Governorate of “the so-called Yasir Bilal Abu Mahmoud.”

Al-Jazeera Net also quoted the Interior Ministry’s June announcement that the Anti-Terrorism Directorate has 5,989 detainees, distributed across several military ranks among elements of the toppled regime.

In its Qamishli case, SANA framed the operation as part of efforts by the Ministry of Interior and relevant authorities to pursue and hold accountable officials of the deposed regime involved in crimes and violations against the Syrian people.

Across the two cases, the sources describe a consistent investigative logic: tracking and arrest operations by Internal Security Forces, coordination with anti-terror structures, and subsequent claims of responsibility for detention transfers and alleged abuses under former regime security apparatuses.