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Syria puts first Assad-era official on trial in Damascus
The first public trial in Syria of officials linked to the rule of former President Bashar Assad opened in Damascus Sunday. This cluster currently includes 2 articles from 2 sources.
This cluster currently includes 2 articles from 2 sources. Sources in this event include Al Jazeera, Washington Times.
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Syria puts first Assad-era official on trial in Damascus
Syria has begun its first public trial of officials who served under longtime leader Bashar al-Assad, 15 years after the start of the civil war. Trial proceedings opened in Damascus on Sunday for Atef Najib, the former head of political security in southern Syria’s Deraa province. He is accused of overseeing a violent.
Syria's first public trial of Assad-era officials opens in Damascus
DAMASCUS , Syria — The first public trial in Syria of officials linked to the rule of former President Bashar Assad opened in Damascus Sunday. Atef Najib , a former Syria n army brigadier general who was head of the Political Security Branch in southern Syria’s Daraa province under Assad and who is also a cousin of.