US EditionFrench court issues life sentences to three senior Syrian officials for war crimes
- France has conducted its first trial on abuses during Syria's civil war since 2011. The accused include Ali Mamlouk, former head of Syrian secret services, and security adviser to Bashar al-Assad.
- The accused officials were absent at the trial, with international arrest warrants issued. Ali Mamlouk is now a top adviser to Bashar Al-Assad and believed to be in Syria.
- The trial focused on their involvement in the deaths of two French-Syrian men arrested in 2013 and declared dead in 2018.
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In France, three high-ranking representatives of the Syrian government have been sentenced in absentia to life imprisonment for aiding and abetting crimes against humanity and war crimes.
Torture in Syria: Paris court sentences three senior officials from Assad's regime to life imprisonment
The three men, who still live in Syria, belong to the upper ranks of the Syrian security system. They were found guilty in absentia on Friday of complicity in crimes against humanity and complicity in war crimes.
Paris court orders life terms for 3 Syrian officials in landmark war crimes case
A Paris court on Friday ordered life prison sentences for three top Syrian security officials for complicity in crimes against humanity and war crimes in a landmark case. It is the first time that France has held a trial on abuses committed during Syria's civil war since 2011. The accused -- Ali Mamlouk, former head of the National Security Bureau; Jamil Hassan, former director of the Air Force intelligence service; and Abdel Salam Mahmoud, for
Three Syrians have received life sentences for their involvement in war crimes. However, the verdict in Paris was delivered in the absence of the defendants.
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