'Main suspect in a massacre': Syria arrests Assad-era paramilitary leader

'Main suspect in a massacre': Syria arrests Assad-era paramilitary leader Syrian authorities on Thursday said they had arrested a paramilitary leader who backed ousted ruler Bashar al-Assad during the country's civil war and was the main suspect in a massacre of nearly 250 civilians. "The intelligence services have arrested Ali Kayali, who also went by the name Mihrac Ural, the main suspect in the Banias massacre of 2013, while he was attempting to flee across the border," state news agency SANA said. It did not specify which country the man was trying to flee to. Kayali fled from jail in…