On August 11, 2026, a criminal court in Damascus sentenced former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia for premeditated murder, torture, war c…
In March 2011, teenagers were arrested and allegedly tortured for anti-government graffiti in Daraa. Atef Najib, then the province's political security chief, oversaw se…
A sarin attack on Damascus suburbs in August 2013 killed hundreds. UN investigators confirmed sarin's use; Western governments attributed it to Syrian government forces,…
An April 2018 attack on Douma killed dozens. The OPCW's Investigation and Identification Team later reported reasonable grounds to believe a Syrian Air Force helicopter…
A German court convicted Eyad al-Gharib in February 2021 and Anwar Raslan in January 2022 - sentencing Raslan to life imprisonment for crimes against humanity - the firs…
French judicial authorities issued an international arrest warrant against Assad in 2023 over the 2013 Ghouta chemical attack, using French extraterritorial jurisdiction…
A rebel offensive from late November 2024 took Aleppo, Hama and Homs in rapid succession. Damascus fell on December 8, 2024, ending 54 years of Assad-family rule. Assad…
In September 2025, a Syrian court issued an arrest warrant against Assad citing premeditated murder, torture leading to death, and deprivation of liberty, tied specifica…
A Damascus criminal court sentenced Bashar al-Assad, Maher al-Assad and Atef Najib to death. The Assad brothers were tried in absentia; Najib was reportedly in custody a…
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