A former Syrian official under the rule of former President ... to hide in the United States.” Alsheikh was charged with conspiracy to commit torture, for which he faces a maximum penalty ...

A former Syrian military official who oversaw a prison where alleged human rights abuses took place has been charged with several counts of torture after being arrested in July for visa fraud ...

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LOS ANGELES, California — A former Syrian government official has been charged with torture and visa fraud by a federal grand jury, according to a press release from the United States Department ...

A federal grand jury in Los Angeles this week charged a former Syrian military official with several counts of torture allegedly committed at a prison he oversaw for years. Samir Ousman Sheikh ...

Six Syrian rebels have been killed in clashes with supporters of ousted president Bashar al-Assad while trying to arrest a former government official, a British-based war monitor reports.

Syria's interim rulers are trying to form a united national army after the fall of Bashar Assad late last year ...

Security forces for Syria’s new government were pursuing at least one senior official and military forces loyal to the former dictatorship Thursday as they struggled to tamp down unrest in a ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A former Syrian military official who oversaw a prison where alleged human rights abuses took place has been charged with several counts of torture after being arrested in ...