The Director of the Syrian General Security Directorate in Latakia Governorate, western Syria, Major Mustafa Kneifati, confirmed today, Friday, the arrest of Brigadier General Atef Najib in the army of the deposed Bashar al-Assad regime, who played a role in igniting the Syrian revolution after he tried to suppress it in its cradle in Daraa Governorate.

The Syrian opposition factions announced, at dawn on Saturday, their control over the city of Daraa in the south of the country, after reaching an agreement with the Syrian army to secure its withdrawal in an organized manner, while a statement by this army said that its forces operating in Daraa and Sweida carried out a redeployment operation in the two governorates.