The phone book that led us to Assad's spy chief in hiding
BBC News follows the trail left by Hussam Luka, Assad's feared intelligence chief, after his sudden disappearance. A notebook found in his abandoned Damascus apartment, filled with contacts, becomes a key clue. The investigation uncovers his brutal past in Homs, including alleged involvement in a massacre, and leads to interviews with his former bodyguard and driver, ultimately suggesting he fled to Russia.
They look like humans but have no humanity in them at all.
- duxup
I always wonder how reporters get folks who have these tangential connections to powerful / terrible people to talk after they refuse. It's an impressive skill.
- pseingatl
The story is: they find the guy, call him and he doesn't talk. All they've discovered is that he, like many in the Assad regime, are now in Russia. Duh.
This is a non-story.
- LAC-Tech
Is anyone just overwhelmed by the propaganda and partisanship as you read this? I have no great opinion on this Syrian regime or the previous - like basically everyone on HN when it comes to geopolitical topics, I do not know much about it - but the bias in the article is almost comically ham-fisted.