叙利亚当局逮捕了在2011年抗议镇压中被指控的阿萨德的一位高级别表弟。 Syrian authorities arrest a high-ranking cousin of Assad, accused in 2011 protest crackdown.

叙利亚当局逮捕了阿特夫·纳吉卜,他是前总统巴沙尔·阿萨德的表弟,也是2011年镇压引发内战的抗议活动的关键人物。 Syrian authorities have arrested Atef Najib, a cousin of former President Bashar al-Assad and a key figure in the 2011 crackdown on protests that sparked the civil war. 当时的Deraa政治安全处处长Najib被控监督那些写反政权涂鸦的儿童的逮捕和酷刑。 Najib, head of the Political Security Branch in Deraa at the time, is accused of overseeing the arrest and torture of children who wrote anti-regime graffiti. 这次逮捕是伊斯兰叛乱分子夺取政权以来最高级别的逮捕,标志着对冲突的问责进入了一个新阶段。 The arrest is the highest-ranking since Islamist rebels seized power, signaling a new phase in accountability for the conflict.