Syria has opened its first public trial of officials connected to the government of former President Bashar Assad.

Bashar al-Assad ruled Syria as president from July 2000-December 2024. His father, Hafez al-Assad, ruled Syria from 1970-2000. Roughly 4 million Syrians have fled to neighboring countries, according ...

A court in Damascus is trying one official in former President Bashar Assad's government in person, and several more in ...

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Victims were bound and blindfolded before being shot and dumped in a pit.

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A Syrian man accused of crimes against humanity denied dozens of charges of torture and sexual violence in the opening of his trial in the Netherlands on Wednesday. The ...