Former regime sought more than eight million Syrians

That's about a third of the country's population.

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Assad's picture on the wall of the burned-out Criminal Security Department building, Photo: Reuters
Assad's picture on the wall of the burned-out Criminal Security Department building, Photo: Reuters
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The Syrian Interior Ministry said today that intelligence and security services of the former regime of Bashar al-Assad, who was overthrown in December, were searching for more than eight million people.

"The number of people wanted by the former regime for political reasons exceeds eight million," which is about a third of Syrians, said Interior Ministry spokesman Noureddine al-Baba.

A coalition of rebel factions led by the radical Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham ousted the Syrian president on December 8, ending half a century of rule by the Assad family.

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