Citizen killed in Hama countryside hours after being abducted

A citizen was killed in the Hama countryside just hours after being abducted from his home by unknown armed men, in a new incident highlighting the ongoing occurrence of unidentified criminal acts in several areas of Syria.

Citizen killed in Hama countryside hours after being abducted
9 June, 2026   18:09
NEWS DESK

Unknown armed men abducted Ali Khazem Al-Darwish from his home on the outskirts of Al-Rabiea village early this morning, before he was later found dead with a gunshot wound to the head on the Hama road, according to our correspondent in the area.

The correspondent explained that a white Jeep arrived at the victim’s house in the early hours, from which several unidentified armed men emerged and forcibly took him under threat of weapons to an unknown location.

He added that Ali Khazem Al-Darwish’s body was later found at the crossroads of Kafr Al-Toun village on the main Hama road, while the motives and circumstances of the crime remain unknown at the time of this report.

ANHA