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Syrian authorities arrest paramilitary leader Ali Kayali

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Syrian intelligence services arrested paramilitary leader Ali Kayali, also known as Mihrac Ural, as he attempted to flee across the border. Kayali founded a paramilitary force allied with the Bashar al-Assad government and was the primary suspect in the 2013 massacre of at least 248 civilians in the towns of Bayda and Banias. The Syrian Observatory for…

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