Key facts
- Former Major General Ahmed Mohammad Ismail has been arrested by Syrian authorities.
- Ismail was a high-ranking commander in the Republican Guard of the former regime's army.
- He is accused of commanding military assaults on Aleppo, Daraa, and Eastern Ghouta.
- These operations took place during Syria's 13-year civil war.
- Eastern Ghouta was a rebel stronghold and the site of a 2013 chemical attack.
Syrian authorities have arrested a former Major General, Ahmed Mohammad Ismail, who served under the rule of ousted president Bashar al-Assad. Security forces announced the arrest, stating that Ismail, a high-ranking commander in the Republican Guard of the former regime's army, led operations against formerly rebel-held areas during the country's 13-year civil war.