US Indicts Syrian Officials for War Crimes and Torture
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The U.S. Department of Justice has charged two former Syrian Air Force Intelligence officers, Jamil Hassan and Abdul Salam Mahmoud, with war crimes, including cruel and inhuman treatment of detainees, some of whom were U.S. citizens, at Mezzeh Prison near Damascus from 2012 to 2019. This marks the first time the U.S. has charged Assad regime officials for human rights abuses. Arrest warrants have been issued for the men, who remain at large, and they were previously convicted in absentia in France for crimes against humanity.
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