Atef Najib

Atef Najib (Arabic: عاطف نجيب‎) was the political security chief in the city of Daraa, and is a cousin of President Assad. According to a fighter who defected to the opposition in the Syrian Civil War, Najib took "pleasure in hearing their [children being tortured by the government] painful moans".^[1]

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• newyorktimes, Beirut and Damascus staff (2 May 2011). "atef najib". syria. 
• Muir, Jim (24 March 2011). "Syria: Setting the country alight?". BBC News. 
• Uri, Friedman. "U.S. Responds to Syrian Crackdown with New Round of Sanctions". 
• Sands, Phil (20 March 2014). "Blood ties: the shadowy member of the Assad clan who ignited the Syrian conflict". The National.