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Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa delivers a speech during the first session of the new People's Assembly
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Syria's abolition of Assad-era terrorism court 'welcomed'

The court, founded in 2012, was used to prosecute dissidents and activists as part of a move to stifle the uprising against Assad.

Oliver Mizzi
18 September, 2026
Syrian security forces heighten security measures around the Mezze military airport area after an explosion occurs in the district in Damascus, Syria
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Syrian private airport plans spark outcry over mass graves

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
12 September, 2026
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Syria launches registry to collect data on missing persons

The New Arab Staff
31 August, 2026
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Syria sentences Assad-era mufti Hassoun to life imprisonment

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
24 August, 2026
The arrested pilots will be tried at the criminal court in Damascus
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Syria 'arrests 70% of Assad-era pilots' involved in bombing

The New Arab Staff
23 August, 2026
Atef Najib, cousin of ousted regime leader Bashar al-Assad, stands behind the bars in a specially designated area of the courtroom during his trial at the Fourth Criminal Court in the Palace of Justice in Damascus, Syria, on April 26, 2026
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Lebanon hands Assad-era general to Syria in first such transfer

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
20 August, 2026
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Syria arrests Assad-era officer who fled Austria

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
19 August, 2026
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Syria issues death sentence to detained Assad cousin Wassim

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
18 August, 2026
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Syria turns to Interpol to pursue former Assad regime figures

Agnese Boffano
13 August, 2026
Journalists and photographers crowd around the defendant enclosure during the first session of Atef Najib's trial at the Palace of Justice in Damascus, Syria
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Syria justice ministry defends Assad trial, death sentence

Oliver Mizzi
12 August, 2026
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Bashar Assad, Atef Najib sentenced to death in Syria trial

The New Arab Staff
11 August, 2026
Hassoun is accused of aiding in the committing of war crimes and inciting violence against anti-Assad Syrian protesters
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Death penalty sought for Syrian 'regime mufti' Ahmad Hassoun

Sam Hamad
07 August, 2026
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The struggle for Suweida's future: A test for Syria's transition

Oliver Mizzi
23 July, 2026
Syrian security forces have carried out a wave of arrests of former regime officials in Deir ez-Zor
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Syria's Assad-era arrests raise transitional justice questions

Sam Hamad
12 July, 2026
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How one family came to embody Syria's struggle for justice

Muzna Al Naib
04 July, 2026
Men move through the damaged interior of a cafe in central Damascus
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Syria blast probe begins amid conflicting theories on attackers

Agnese Boffano
03 July, 2026
Ahmed Hassoun made frequent pronouncements justifying the Assad regime's brutal suppression of the Syrian uprising [Getty]
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Trial begins of Syria’s 'barrel bomb mufti' Ahmed Hassoun

Amr Salahi
27 June, 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
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Beware these pitfalls as Syria begins trying Assad-era figures

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Hanny Megally

13 May, 2026
Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa gives a speech during a gathering at the Conference Palace on the first anniversary of Bashar al-Assad's fall in Damascus, Syria on December 08, 2025.
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27 Syrian civil orgs unveil roadmap for transitional justice

Adnan Ali
13 May, 2026
Former head of political security in south Syria's Daraa province, Atif Najib attends the first trial session at the Palace of Justice
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Syria's first trial of Assad-era officials opens in Damascus

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
26 April, 2026