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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Via AP news wire

US bans entry to Syria security agent over killings on video

ASSOCIATED PRESS

The U.S. State Department on Monday banned entry into the U.S. of a Syrian intelligence member who appeared in a video leaked last year showing him fatally shooting people during the country’s 12-year conflict.

The ban against Amjad Yousef, a member of Syria’s notorious Military Intelligence Branch 227, includes his wife and immediate members of his family, the State Department said in a statement.

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