Before the uprising, life was hard. Muawiyah blames the arrival in the early 2000s of the region’s new security chief, Atef Najib. He was notorious for his oppressive laws, and for personally ...

BEIRUT, January 31. /TASS/. Atef Najib, a maternal cousin of former Syrian President Bashar Assad, was detained by the country's new authorities, Syria TV reported. The report didn’t say where ...