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Prosecuting the Bashar al-Assad Regime: Urgent Steps Toward a Special Domestic Criminal Court
As Syria undergoes a precarious government transition under interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa following the ouster of Bashar al-Assad, now is a critical moment to hold members of the former regime ...
Khaleej Times8d
Fall of Bashar Al Assad: How did he escape Syria?
As rebels closed in on Damascus, Bashar ... International Islamic Bank (SIIB), according to the same sources. The person inside Assad's circle said the account belongs to Damascus-based Al-Burj ...
Syria's Alawites still face targeted attacks a month after brutal counteroffensive
Ongoing attacks have been a major letdown for Syrians who hoped that Assad's sudden fall would spell an end to violence ...
New Syrian foreign minister attends UN Security Council in first US appearance since Assad's fall
Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shibani has attended a U_N_ Security Council briefing, raising his country’s new flag at the ...
The Jerusalem Post Blogs6d
Syrians recall Assad's deadly chemical weapon attack over a decade later - NYT
The use of sarin, a chemical weapon banned under international law ... or legal action was taken against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad at the time. Assad has since denied responsibility ...
The Independent11d
Syria's Alawites still face targeted attacks a month after brutal counteroffensive
The Muslim minority group was seen as a privileged minority under the rule of the Alawite Assad family, but since Bashar Assad ... said Diana Semaan, Amnesty International’s Syria Researcher ...
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Can toppled Syrian president Bashar al-Assad and his operatives be brought to justice?
The rebel fighters have also spoken of an amnesty for all military ... In November 2023, a French court issued international arrest warrants for Bashar al-Assad, his brother and two officials ...
Al Jazeera on MSN14d
Syria’s al-Sharaa extends deadline for investigation into coastal killings
President Ahmed al-Sharaa gives fact-finding committee a three-month extension to file report into Alawite killings.
The Telegraph19d
Worry over Syria chemical weapons sites left behind after fall of President Bashar al-Assad
More than 100 chemical weapons sites are suspected to remain in Syria, left behind after the fall of the longtime President, Bashar al-Assad, according to the leading international organisation that ...
The Economist1d
The warlords of Syria have a daunting to-do list
F or miles around, as far as the eye can see, the eastern suburbs of Damascus are a sea of undulating rubble and skeletal ...
The New York Times8d
Choking, Shaking, Foaming at the Mouth: Syrians Recount Gas Attack
Syria’s ousted dictator, Bashar al-Assad, unleashed a Sarin gas strike ... which is prohibited under international conventions, it would be crossing a “red line.” But when the attacks ...
Ahram Online20d
Syrian government says studying Amnesty report on massacres
Amnesty called on the Syrian government in a report on Thursday to ensure accountability for the massacres targeting the Alawite minority, saying they may constitute war crimes. The Syrian Observatory ...