Interior Ministry says it detained Adnan Abboud Hilweh, who it says was responsible for sarin nerve gas ‘massacre’ on Damascus-area suburb Ghouta, which killed over 1,000 30 April 2026, 12:11 am Edit DAMASCUS — Syria’s interior minister on Wednesday said the country detained an Assad-era general accused of involvement in the 2013 Ghouta chemical attack. In a post on X, Anas Khattab said that “Adnan Abboud Hilweh, one of the most prominent officers responsible for the chemical massacre in Eastern Ghouta in 2013, is now in the custody of the Counter-Terrorism Department.” US intelligence says more than 1,000 people were killed with sarin nerve gas in the suburb of Damascus in 2013 during Syria’s civil war. The attack was attributed to the Syrian government under the rule of Bashar al-Assad, who was toppled in late 2024. At the time of the attack, the government denied involvement and blamed rebels.…