Amjad Youssef
Coverage of Amjad Youssef in the Nexus archive.
- Security or justice? Syria faces post-Assad reckoning after string of arrests
The Syrian government has arrested Amjad Youssef, a Syrian intelligence officer accused of killing civilians in the 2013 Tadamon massacres. Ahmad al-Homsi, an activist with the Tadamon Coordination Committee, celebrated the news along with other people from the area. The arrest is seen as a step towards justice for the victims of the massacres.
- Syrian authorities arrest main suspect in 2013 Tadamon massacre
Syrian authorities have arrested Amjad Youssef, an ex-intelligence officer linked to the 2013 Tadamon massacre. Youssef was identified in a leaked video showing him shooting blindfolded civilians.
- Key suspect in notorious Tadamon massacre during Syria civil war arrested
Amjad Youssef, a key suspect in the Tadamon massacre during the Syria civil war, was arrested. The massacre, which occurred in April 2013 in the Damascus district, involved the mass killing of blindfolded civilians.
- Key suspect in notorious Tadamon massacre during Syria civil war arrested
Amjad Youssef, a key suspect in the 2013 Tadamon massacre during the Syria civil war, was arrested. The incident involved the mass killing of blindfolded civilians in the Damascus district in April 2013.
- Syria arrests suspected leader of Tadamon massacre
Syria's interior ministry announced the arrest of Amjad Youssef, a former regime official suspected of leading the Tadamon massacre that killed nearly 290 civilians under Bashar al-Assad. Youssef, one of Syria's most-wanted fugitives, was captured in Hama countryside after a security operation.