Russian police, alongside the intelligence of the Syrian regime, reportedly arrested Wagner Group members as Yevgeny Prigozhin carried out his mutiny attempt.
The head of a Wagner Group unit was apprehended by Russian military police in the city of As-Suwayda in southwestern Syria, and three high-ranking Wagner Group commanders were detained at Syria's Khmeimim Air Base, Russian newspaperThe Wagner Group, founded in 2014, has been accused of doing Russia's dirty work in regions including Syria, Libya, the Central African Republic, Sudan, Mozambique and eastern Ukraine.
Wagner Group members sit in a military vehicle with a"Brother" sign in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, on June 24, 2023. Members of the paramilitary unit were reportedly detained in Syria following its attempted mutiny in Russia.Putin is now pushing to reassert control after Prigozhin's aborted mutiny on June 24, which lasted less than 24 hours and saw the Wagner Group carry out a"march for justice," advancing from southern Russia to within 120 miles of Moscow.
The New Arab website separately reported on Tuesday that Russian military police, in conjunction with the intelligence of the Syrian regime, conducted a campaign of arrests against leaders, personnel and recruitment officials working for the Wagner Group in Syria.
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