The Yerevan court of general jurisdiction today granted the motion filed by the body conducting proceedings for applying arrest as a pre-trial measure against Youssef Alabet Al Haji, who is of Arab nationality and a citizen of the Syrian Arab Republic.

As reported earlier, the citizen of the Syrian Arab Republic is charged with international terrorism, serious violations of international humanitarian law during armed clashes and mercenarism.

The Criminalistics Department of the Investigative Committee of Armenia continues preliminary investigation of the criminal case launched in relation to the aggressive war unleashed and led by the military-political leadership of the Republic of Azerbaijan along the entire length of the line of contact of the Republic of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh Republic), international terrorism, serious violations of the norms of international humanitarian law during armed clashes, issuance of criminal orders during armed clashes and mercenarism.

Information regarding the procedural decisions to be made on the basis of the obtained evidence will be provided on a regular basis.