U.S. officials are investigating an uncorroborated account from a high-ranking former Syrian official that American freelance ...

— Defense Minister Lt. Gen. Ali Abbas and Maj. Gen. Bassam Merhej al-Hassan, head of Bashar Assad’s office and the man in charge of his security, are accused of human rights violations.

From 2012 to 2019, Hassan and Mahmoud oversaw the operations at the prison in Mezzeh where their lackeys “whipped, kicked, electrocuted and burned their victims,” according to the indictment.

Alaa Hassan was 25 years old when the uprisings against Bashar al-Assad began in Syria. He was part of the movement that grew quickly against the former president, and turned into a civil war. In ...

HASSAN: When the - when Bashar Assad started his presidency, I was sitting my exams, my high school exams. So we were that - we call it the transition generation from the ...

After insurgents toppled Syrian President Bashar Assad this month, many senior officials and members of his dreaded intelligence and security services appear to have melted away.

BEIRUT (AP) — After insurgents toppled Syrian President Bashar Assad this month, many senior officials and members of his dreaded intelligence and security services appear to have melted away.

— Defense Minister Lt. Gen. Ali Abbas and Maj. Gen. Bassam Merhej al-Hassan, head of Bashar Assad’s office and the man in charge of his security, are accused of human rights violations.