The Ministry of Interior announced in Syria Today, Sunday, its unit in the city of Aleppo “managed to arrest the invitee Haitham Rahhalwho held the rank of colonel in Saydnaya prison Military during the era of the previous regime.
She added, “Investigations revealed that the so-called Haitham Rahhal began his service in Saydnaya (Red) prison with the rank of captain, before assuming the position of a security officer in the prison, and was later promoted to the rank of colonel. He was involved in supervising torture operations and serious violations against detainees, in addition to following up on the transfer of the bodies of the victims to Tishreen Military Hospital in Damascus“.
Aerial photo of Saydnaya Prison (archive)
She continued: “The confessions of the so-called Haitham Rahhal showed that he supervised the execution platforms in coordination with a number of military officials and field court judges, and with the participation of the prison director at the time, Colonel Mahmoud Maatouq. While the investigation records indicated that the so-called person moved between a number of security sites, including Al-Balouni prison in hummus In 2019, the Military Police Command in Damascus, then the Police Branch in Deir ez-Zor“.
