Authorities in Homs have detained Mahmoud Tayyara, known as Abu Anas, head of the Protection and Diplomatic Security Branch, along with his deputy and six other members, as part of investigations into suspected financial and administrative corruption.
Circulating information points to violations involving funds, salaries, allowances and property. Official bodies have not yet announced details of the case or the nature of the judicial measures taken against those detained.
Eight Detained and Investigations Into Funds
Media reports citing sources in Homs said authorities detained Abu Anas Tayyara, his deputy and six members of the branch, bringing the number of detainees in the case to eight.
Investigators have summoned other members connected to the case, while the competent authorities continue to investigate suspected corruption within the branch. According to the same sources, the suspicions include large sums of money, houses and property, as well as manipulation or forgery of members’ salaries and the seizure of allowances belonging to some of the branch’s employees.
Authorities have not yet announced the value of the funds covered by the investigations, nor have they disclosed the names of the other detainees or the nature of each one’s responsibility.
Syrian pages and accounts have circulated a claim that 56 kilograms of gold were found in Abu Anas Tayyara’s home. No official body has confirmed this claim, and no second independent source has provided anything to substantiate it so far.
Some accounts say Tayyara previously worked in security under Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS) before assuming his post in Homs. The available sources, however, have provided no independent documents to confirm this.
Most published sources also use the name “Abu Anas Tayyara” without providing a reliable document confirming the full name circulating for him.
The available information so far does not indicate that the case has been referred to court or that final criminal charges have been brought against the detainees. The published details are limited to the arrests and the investigation into suspected financial and administrative corruption.
Earlier Controversy During Truck Drivers’ Protest
Abu Anas Tayyara previously appeared in a video that stirred controversy during a protest by truck drivers in Homs in September 2025.
He addressed the protesters sharply at the time, speaking about road closures and insults directed at government officials. He said that anyone who wanted to “bring down a symbol of the state,” or to continue certain practices, “should blame no one but himself.”
The recirculation of the clip reopened debate over the substance of his remarks and over how security agencies handled the drivers’ protest.
Tayyara later told the Verify-Sy platform that his remark came in the context of dealing with events that included road closures and assaults during the protest. He said he meant it as a warning against continuing such behavior, not as a general threat to the drivers.
He added that the meeting with the protesters ended with the road being reopened, after the possibility was raised of forming a delegation to convey the drivers’ demands to the relevant authorities.
The current investigations come about a year after that appearance. By the time the circulating information was published, the body to which the Protection and Diplomatic Security Branch in Homs reports had not issued a detailed statement explaining the reasons for the arrests, the course of the investigations or the body conducting them.
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