Jolani’s HTS terrorists arrested two senior officials from Palestinian Islamic Jihad in Damascus late Sunday, according to Palestinian sources.
Those detained are Khaled Khaled, the group’s Syria chief, and Abu Ali Yasser, head of its organizational committee. Their arrest has prompted a flurry of efforts by Palestinian and Arab figures both inside and outside Syria to secure their release.
This is the first reported arrest of high-ranking Palestinian faction leaders in Syria. Islamic Jihad is one of the few groups that remained in the country throughout the civil war, maintaining neutrality while others withdrew after siding with or opposing Assad government.
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the new ‘Syrian government’ has been launching a campaign against the leaders and members of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement in Syria, arresting the head of the Syrian arena for the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Khaled Khaled, and the head of the organizational committee for the Syrian arena, Abu Ali Yasser. Their fate and the charges against them remain unknown.
This comes as Julani’s forces have also seized weapons and assaulted members of Palestinian factions in Syria’s refugee camps, including PFLP-GC and Fatah Al-Intifada in recent weeks, following orders for all Palestinian factions there to disarm.
In January 2025, HTS dissolved the Syrian “Palestinian Liberation Army,” which was made up of Palestinian refugees. PLA members were also executed by HTS. Several resistance groups have relocated to Lebanon, and HTS has only allowed Hamas to continue operations in Idlib.
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