Amjad Youssef, key perpetrator of Tadamon massacre, arrested in Syria

Amjad Youssef, key perpetrator of Tadamon massacre, arrested in Syria Submitted by Rayhan Uddin on Fri, 04/24/2026 - 10:14 Leaked footage showed Youssef gunning down blindfolded detainees during mass killings in April 2013 Amjad Youssef pictured after being detained by Syrian authorities on 24 April 2026 (Syrian Ministry of Interior) Off Amjad Youssef, one of the main perpetrators of the 2013 Tadamon massacre in Damascus during the Syrian civil war, has been arrested. His detention followed “a successful security operation”, Interior Minister Anas Khattab announced on Friday on X. A security source told Sana news agency that Youssef, an intelligence officer under Bashar al-Assad's government, was detained in the al-Ghab area of Hama, in Syria’s western countryside.