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They have three children. [6] The couple were also regarded as the "main economic players" in Syria and controlled large parts of Syrian business sectors, banking, telecommunications, real estate, and maritime industries. [7] Majd al-Assad (1966–2009), was an electrical engineer with a reported history of severe mental problems. [43]
Families of those imprisoned by Bashar al-Assad’s brutal regime desperately searched the filthy cells of Syria’s most notorious prison for any signs of their loved ones as the country comes to ...
Bashar Barhoum, 63, was one of the tens of thousands of prisoners freed from Bashar al-Assad’s prisons in Syria, as civil defence teams investigate underground cells to free more detainees ...
When she heard the stunning news that rebels had brought an end to Syria's decades-old regime, Hayat al-Turki headed for a prison that had become known as a slaughterhouse, praying that her ...
On 8 December 2024, during the fall of the Assad regime, the prison was captured by rebels, who immediately began releasing political prisoners. Many of the detainees were overjoyed while others were confused. [33] Videos and images appeared on social media showing security cameras of imprisoned people, including families and children.
The ICC has publicly indicted 68 people. Proceedings against 35 are ongoing: 31 are at large as fugitives and four are on trial. Proceedings against 33 have been completed: three are serving sentences, seven have finished sentences, four have been acquitted, seven have had the charges against them dismissed, four have had the charges against them withdrawn, and eight have died before the ...
After 13 years of Syria’s grinding civil war, the regime of President Bashar al-Assad is gone, the dictator fleeing his country in the face of a sensational advance by rebel forces.
[42] [43] In May 2023, French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna publicly demanded the prosecution of Bashar al-Assad, denouncing him for perpetrating chemical warfare and killing hundreds of thousands of civilians, and stated: [44] "the battle against crime, against impunity is part of French diplomacy. We have to remember who Bashar al-Assad is.