KURDWATCH, August 1, 2011—Members of the Air Force Intelligence Service in Aleppo arrested Idris Khalil Hamu ʿAbdi (b. 1977) on July 30, 2011 in ʿAin al-ʿArab. The apparent cause of the arrest is his participation in anti-regime demonstrations in ʿAin al-ʿArab (Kobanî).