Who is Atef Najib, the man who fanned the flames of revolution in Daraa? 

By Walid Al Nofal|2025-02-01T18:08:24+01:00January 31, 2025|

Syrian security forces arrested Brigadier General Atef Najib in Latakia on Friday. Najib, Bashar al-Assad’s cousin, was involved in the March 2011 torture of children by the Political Security Branch in Daraa, the incident that sparked the revolution.