[Addendum: 3 hours after posting: A trusted source says that Mamlouk has been working as normal this past week.]
I have been asked about what I think of the latest Telegraph news story that claims that Ali Mamlouk, the head of intelligence in Damascus, has been arrested for trying to carry out a coup and talking to the opposition because he has qualms about Iranians calling the shots in Damascus.
It doesn’t make sense to me. What does Mamlouk have to gain by talking with “the opposition”?