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The former head of a notorious Syrian prison was charged Thursday in the United States with torturing opponents of the now-collapsed government of Bashar al-Assad, the Justice Department said.

ON THE GROUND: Muawiyah Syasneh was 16 when his anti-Assad graffiti on a school wall led to his arrest, sparking protests that ended in civil war. Now, in the very same spot, he tells chief international correspondent Bel Trew about the years-long war – and his role in bringing it…

Bashar al-Assad's government has been accused of carrying out torture, rape, summary executions and other abuses since since Syria's civil war started in 2011.

As thousands took to the streets of Damascus for the funeral of Mazen al-Hamadah, a victim of Assad’s brutal regime, the search for Syria’s disappeared continues

Abu Mohammed al-Jolani says HTS group will ask countries to hand over Assad regime officials who flee

Syrian rebels led by Mohammad al-Jolani stand firm against pardoning Assad regime torturers, seeking justice for victims.

HTS leader seeks ‘justice’ for detainees as Syria’s new rulers attempt to stabilise the country after years of civilwar.

As an artist and audio investigator, I interviewed people who had been imprisoned in a building where sound and vision were weaponised. So what should happen to this monstrous place now it has been liberated?

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has entered the final stages of its first-ever trial involving crimes committed during Sudan’s Darfur conflict. Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman, also known as Ali Kushayb, is accused of leading Sudan’s Janjaweed militia in a campaign of murder, rape, and torture between 2003 and 2004.

A feared Sudanese militia chief "willingly and enthusiastically" participated in war crimes, the International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor charged Wednesday, laying out searing accusations of rape, murder, and torture.

The war crimes trial of a feared Sudanese militia chief accused of rape, murder, and torture across the Darfur region of Sudan during the country's brutal civil war wraps up this week.