Bashar Al-assad

Syrian authorities announced the arrest of Ali Kayali, a key figure from the ousted Assad regime and the prime suspect in the 2013 Baniyas massacre, as he attempted to flee the country.

A Syrian man from Latakia spent over 13 years hiding in a narrow space behind a wall in his grandfather's house, fearing arrest by Bashar al-Assad's regime while his children believed he was dead.

18 years after the secret operation that shook the regime in Damascus, Israel admits for the first time that it was behind the elimination of General Muhammad Suleiman in the resort town of Tartus. Suleiman, a confidant of Bashar al-Assad, managed the nuclear reactor project with North Korea and served as a conduit for transferring game-changing weapons from Tehran to Hezbollah. The naval commando...

The Syrian Foreign Minister announced that the country is working to locate and prosecute senior officials of the fallen regime who were responsible for the use of chemical weapons against civilians. While memorial events are held across the country in memory of more than 1,400 victims, Damascus clarifies: "We will bring the perpetrators to justice."

General Adel Issa, a former division commander in the Syrian army, was handed over to Syrian authorities after being arrested in Lebanon. He is suspected, among other things, of murder and torture that led to death.

The Syrian Ministry of Justice has established a committee to pursue the extradition of senior Assad regime officials who fled the country. The committee will coordinate with Interpol following the death sentences handed down by the local judiciary.

A court in Damascus convicted the former Syrian dictator of premeditated mass murder. Along with him, the head of his intelligence apparatus in the Daraa district, Atef Najib, was also convicted.