A former Syrian official under the rule of former President Bashar Assad was federally indicted in the U.S. for torturing prisoners held at Damascus Central Prison from 2005-08, according to a ...

A former Syrian military official who oversaw a prison where alleged human rights abuses took place has been charged with several counts of torture after being arrested in July for visa fraud ...

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A federal grand jury in Los Angeles this week charged a former Syrian military official with several counts of torture allegedly committed at a prison he oversaw for years. Samir Ousman Sheikh ...

Sham, which overthrew the Assad regime last month, reflects rising U.S. alarm that ISIS could mount a resurgence.

Security forces for Syria’s new government were pursuing at least one senior official and military forces loyal to the former dictatorship Thursday as they struggled to tamp down unrest in a ...

LOS ANGELES — A former Syrian military official who oversaw a prison where alleged human rights abuses took place has been charged with several counts of torture after being arrested in July for ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A former Syrian military official who oversaw a prison where alleged human rights abuses took place has been charged with several counts of torture after being arrested in ...