 DAMASCUS - Syrian security forces have arrested two more people suspected of belonging to a âterror groupâ that clashed with the police earlier this week, the official Syrian news agency reported on Wednesday. The two arrested were identified as Mohammad Islam bin Abdul-Rahman Ahmad al-Semadi, a 30-year-old Jordanian who the agency said was also known as Raafat, and Rehab Shehab, a woman whose nationality was not disclosed. | I think it was his brother they nabbed yesterday |
Security forces arrested two other members of the group on Monday after a clash in which an officer was killed and four other security personnel were injured. The Syrian Arab News Agency quoted an official source at the Information Ministry as saying that security forces were still pursuing other members of what it described as a âterror and armed robbery groupâ. Syriaâs Information Ministry has said some members of the group had worked as bodyguards for former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. |