Regime repression | Four young men from al-Suwaidaa arrested nearby Damascus international airport

SOHR has reported that regime forces have arrested four young men at the checkpoint of “Conference Palace” in the vicinity of Damascus international airport, while they were escorting their friend from the province of al-Suwaidaa to the airport. However, the reasons behind the arresting of the four men remained unknown. The arrested people’s relatives were informed of their arrest by their friend who was traveling abroad.

On November 5, SOHR activists reported that a young man from Salkhad in the southern countryside of al-Suwaidaa died under torture by guards in the regime’s military prison of Sydanya, after being arrested over a year and a half ago. It is worth noting that the victim was arrested in April 2020 following fierce clashes between Sheikh al-Karama Forces and an armed group affiliated to regime security service in Salkhad city, which left several members of Sheikh al-Karama Forces dead, while other young men from the city were arrested at that time. According to SOHR sources, the family of the victim know that he died when his brother, a regime soldier, asked about him, but the security services informed him that he died four months ago.