Bashar al-Assad

Ex-Syrian general defendant Khaled al-Halabi (C) covers his face as he is escorted in handcuffs to the courtroom by justice officers for the trial at the Regional Vienna's Court of Austria in Vienna, Austria, on June 1, 2026
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Austrian court sentences Syrian torturers to 8 years in jail

Former Syrian intelligence general Khaled al-Halabi and ex-police officer Musab Abu Rukbah were convicted of torture and abuse in a landmark European war crimes

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
06 July, 2026
Security measures are taken during the trial of Atef Najib, cousin of ousted regime leader Bashar al-Assad, at the Fourth Criminal Court in the Palace of Justice in Damascus,
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Syria trial opens for Assad cousin accused of war crimes

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
24 June, 2026
Syrians raise flowers as they celebrate the fall of the Assad regime in Syria on December 8, 2024 in Utrecht, the Netherlands.
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How Assad-era trials will test Syria's transition

Nadda Osman
22 June, 2026
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Assad-era officers, doctors confess to detainee organ removals

Louay Faour
20 June, 2026
Assad Regime's intelligence centers continue to expose following reg
Post-Assad Syria
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Damascus offers to help Europe hunt Syrian war crimes suspects

The New Arab Staff
04 June, 2026
Russian Defence Ministry headquarters is seen on the bank of the Moskva river in Moscow on September 2, 2025. (Photo by ALEXANDER NEMENOV/AFP via Getty Images)
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Syria chief of staff in Moscow ahead of President Sharaa's visit

The New Arab Staff
02 October, 2025
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Syria rights group calls on Russia to extradite Assad

The New Arab Staff
30 September, 2025
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Syrian court issues arrest warrant for ousted president Assad

The New Arab Staff
27 September, 2025
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Over 4 million students return to school since fall of Assad

The New Arab Staff
21 September, 2025
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Bashar al-Assad
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French prosecutors seek new arrest warrant for Bashar al-Assad

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
29 July, 2025
The sanctions could pave the way for Syria to more easily rebuild
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Half a million Syrians return since fall of Assad

The New Arab Staff
05 July, 2025
Former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad sitting in a conference hall with others in the background
Farouk al-Sharaa testifies
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Farouk al-Sharaa: The 2004 Arab Summit in Tunis was derailed

Farouk al-Sharaa

Farouk al-Sharaa

18 June, 2025
Tice's mother Debra believes her son is still alive
Post-Assad Syria
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Assad 'ordered Austin Tice killing', former Syrian general says

The New Arab Staff
15 June, 2025
A portrait of then-Syrian President Bashar al-Assad covers posters of Lebanon's assasinated ex-premier Rafiq Hariri (L) and his son Saad on a wall in a west Beirut neighbourhood,
Farouk al-Sharaa testifies
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The tense final meeting between Rafic Hariri and Bashar al-Assad

Farouk al-Sharaa

Farouk al-Sharaa

13 June, 2025
Debra Tice, mother of Austin Tice, speaks during the House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing titled "Roundtable - Americans Detained Abroad," in Rayburn building, US, on Tuesday, April 30, 2024. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
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New intel shows Assad regime detained Austin Tice in Damascus

The New Arab Staff
02 June, 2025
The Syrian army dispatch reinforcement units consisting of hundreds of vehicles to Latakia on March 08, 2025 in Jabla, Syria. (Photo by Abdulkerim Muhammed/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Post-Assad Syria
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Syria arrests Assad-era officer accused of 'war crimes': ministry

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
22 April, 2025
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad receives Bashar al-Jaafari, Syria's new ambassador to the United Nations
Bashar al-Jaafari
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Who is Bashar Jaafari, the Syria envoy seeking refuge in Russia?

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
15 April, 2025
Kais Saied - Bashar Al Assad meeting in Jeddah
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Assad, Al Aqsa, 9/11 featured in Studio Ghibli AI meme craze

The New Arab Staff
27 March, 2025
Hassoun called for areas of his own home city of Aleppo to be 'annihilated' during Syria's civil war
Post-Assad Syria
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'Assad's Mufti' Hassoun arrested trying to flee Syria for Jordan

The New Arab Staff
27 March, 2025
Families of those detained by forces of the ousted Baath regime gather at the March 18th Square to learn the fate of their relatives, of whom they have not heard for years in Daraa, Syria on March 16, 2025. (Photo by Bakr Al Kasem/Anadolu via Getty)
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Families of Syria's disappeared call on govt to continue search

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
16 March, 2025
Nigel Farage's party Reform UK appoints controversial figure to vet candidates [Getty]
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Reform UK vetting lead under fire for praising Hitler, Assad

The New Arab Staff
16 March, 2025