Mohammad Kanjo Hassan: The Officer Accused of Managing Chaos in Tartus Clashes
December 26, 2024, 1:13 pm

Mohammad Kanjo Hassan: The Officer Accused of Managing Chaos in Tartus Clashes

محمد كنجو حسن

Violent clashes erupted on Wednesday in the western Syrian province of Tartus between armed factions on one side and supporters of former President Bashar al-Assad on the other.

The Minister of Interior in the transitional government, Mohammad Abdul Rahman, announced that members of his ministry had come under ambush in this area, resulting in the deaths of 14 of his personnel.

Other sources reported that these clashes were part of an attempt to capture a former government official accused of issuing arbitrary orders to execute thousands of detainees.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that the targeted official is the former Assad forces officer, Mohammad Kanjo Hassan, who served as the Director of Military Judiciary and Head of the Field Court.

The observatory considered Hassan to be involved in the notorious "Saydnaya Prison crimes" in Damascus, describing him as "one of the main criminals who handed down arbitrary death sentences against thousands of prisoners."

Kanjo Hassan is currently based in Khirbat Al-Mu'azzeh in the Tartus countryside, where tensions escalated when his brother and a group of his armed men intercepted the factions attempting to capture him, resulting in the expulsion of a security forces patrol from the village and an ambush targeting one of their vehicles.

In a related context, areas in the provinces of Tartus, Latakia, Homs, and Damascus witnessed protests accompanied by gunfire between security forces and demonstrators, reflecting the rising tension in the region.

Since the fall of the Assad regime, dozens of Syrians have been killed in acts of revenge, according to activists and observers, with most victims being from the Alawite minority to which the former president belongs. These events reflect the deep divisions and ongoing conflicts in the country after a period of political and security turmoil.

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