12 March 2006: Arrested by the Syrian security forces at Damascus International Airport, as he was coming back from two conferences on human rights and democratic reforms in Syria, which were held in Paris and Washington D.C. He was then brought to the “Palestine Branch” of the military intelligence services, in Damascus, a place known for its extremely harsh conditions of detention.
Ammar Abadah Nasser al-Wa'eli | Tarak Ben Ammar | Michael Ammar | Ammar Abdulhamid | Ammar Souayah |
Not much is known about his life except that he was a native of Basra.
In February 2007, another Deputy Health Minister, Hakim al-Zamili, and General Hamid al-Shammari, were both arrested on suspicion they had played a role in Saffar and others' kidnappings.