Turkiye's National Intelligence Organization (MIT) captured Omer al-Khatib, one of the Syrian suspects in the 2013 terror attack in Reyhanli that killed 53 people, as he was preparing to flee to Europe by sea.

Axar.az reports, citing Anadolu Agency, al-Khatib, who was wanted under an Interpol Red Notice, was involved in planning and organizing the attack in the Turkish town and coordinated between the perpetrators and intelligence officials affiliated with Bashar al-Assad.

MIT began efforts to capture those responsible immediately after the Reyhanli attack and closely monitored al-Khatib's activities in Syria, as it did with other suspects.

MIT captured al-Khatib as he was preparing to flee to Europe by sea and subsequently brought him to Türkiye.

Nazik, one of the perpetrators and planners of the attack, was captured in 2018; Cengiz Sertel in 2024, and Muhammed Dib Korali and Dukanci were captured in 2025.

Maj. Gen. Kifah Melhem in Syria, who gave the order for the Reyhanli attack, was appointed by Bashar al-Assad as head of the National Security Bureau in February 2024.

Melhem is known to have fled abroad following the fall of the Assad regime.