Syria's General Intelligence Directorate has arrested Ali Kayali, the al-Assad era militia commander linked to the 2013 Bayda and Baniyas massacres, as he attempted to flee the country, state-run SANA news agency reported.
Known by his alias Mihrac Ural, Kayali is accused of commanding armed groups that carried out killings alongside forces of ousted dictator Bashar al-Assad, including in the coastal province of Tartus, and in rural areas of Latakia, Aleppo and Idlib.
