Assad-era minister turns himself in to new Syria authorities: statement
2025-02-05 01:00:02 - From: Al monitor
A former minister under ousted Syrian president Bashar al-Assad has turned himself in, the interior ministry said Tuesday, making him one of the highest-profile figures captured by the new authorities.
"The minister of interior in the government of the defunct regime, Mohammed al-Shaar, surrendered himself to the General Security Department," an interior ministry statement said.
Shaar, the target of US and EU sanctions, was interior minister from 2011 to 2018 at the height of Syria's 13-year civil war.
