# Syria’s 2013 Baniyas massacres: What happened and who is Ali Kayali?

https://mins.news/en/item/102752

- TRT World, 2026-10-16 07:42 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.trtworld.com/article/d3f1df4e4725

> More than 13 years after the Baniyas massacres, Syrian officials reported Ali Kayali’s arrest and said he and his group were connected to the killings.

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