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News & Current Events Apr 26, 2026 at 10:18 PM

Syria begins first trial of Bashar al-Assad and allies after his ouster

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Syria begins first trial for ousted Assad, allies
France 24
Syria begins first trial for ousted Assad, allies
A Syrian court held its first hearing on Sunday in the trial of ousted president Bashar al-Assad and senior officials from his former government, state media said. Assad and his brother Maher al-Assad,…

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MannersCount 1 day ago +97
Leaders need to be held accountable and face justice! 😡
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wpgrt 1 day ago +12
Yet the new leader for Syria is the infamous al-Julani...
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ComfortableScene2471 1 day ago +37
And? What substance does this add to the previous comment? What are you trying to convey?
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wpgrt 1 day ago +7
That rather than be held accountable and face justice, that he was rewarded with state leadership...
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ComfortableScene2471 1 day ago +33
He won the war. Syrians have a high approval rate of him too, no one was innocent in Syria, and this isn't to excuse any one's actions, also he is working on arresting the ones doing secterian violence, am I gonna claim he's doing a good job at that? No, but he is doing what can be done with that politically weak of a country. Remember at least 60-70% of deaths in Syria were civillians, and 90% of civillian deaths were committed by the Assad Regime and it's supporters, 3% were done by rebel group factions, and the rest is accounted by the ISIS.
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Bagafeet 1 day ago -17
He didn't win shit. Russia and Israel handed him Damascus and dismantled Asad's army while Joulani was committing war crimes against minorities in Idlib.
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toeknn 1 day ago +4
So such and such happened and then he won
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JarJarBingChilling 1 day ago +3
>Russia and Israel handed him Damascus and dismantled Assad’s army Russia dismantled the army of their ally? An ally they spent nearly a decade propping up? Are you *sure* about that?
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ComfortableScene2471 1 day ago +2
"The Americans didn't win against Mousolini, Germany just simply handed them Roma" Russia I can understand that claim, they gave them weapons and helped in massacring more civilians. But israel? Also this could have done way earlier and a lot cleaner, I don't see how a 15 year old civil war torn country, with the largest refugee crisis helps israel, or russia, or any other country. Assad built his power relying on 3 things: Drugs: he had a bigger drug empire than all the cartels in latin America, which he sold to ISIS. Assadists and loyalists AKA Shabi7a: He paid them small amounts from the drug money, about 40 dollars per month or so. His soldiers get paid more, but his loyalists are willing to work with less, usually these are civillians willing to work with Assad, later elevated in status. Propaganda and Fear: The sheer size of the regime and the countries backing him up made people genuinely fear trying to resist, even though he was hollowed inside, that's why large operations targeting damescus were far and inbetween. Even the initial operation that kickstarted the 8 day campaign against the regime: was capturing Aleppo from the hands of the regime, looking at the pace of things and how fast it was, they decided to go after damascus, capturing hama on the way too. In Riif Al Sham they got a warning from Russia to stop at their tracks and not continue, 27 hours later the FSA were in damascus. Or so officials say, we don't know if russia sent a message to not continue. Maher al Assad, was on the frontlines fighting while Bashar al Assad his brother was fleeing, did the second most powerful man in the regime not know that Russia and Israel are handing over his country to the big bad wolf that is the people that refuse to drop chemical bombs on chidlren? Why did he resume fighting and escape at the last minute? How did not a single soldier say anything about this, or did you mean it figuratively? In that case you'd still be wrong. I want to stress that in 2020-2026 there was approximately 1 christian man in Idlib, hey sure I don't doubt that the HTS has been doing some bad thing, even if it was orders of magnitudes less than assad it's still a haf thing, but even your wording is wrong, was russia and israel in on this before 2020 or something?
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Bagafeet 1 day ago -3
Bro my bad for arguing with the dummies at world noobs. Keep licking terrorist ass. 🫪
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ComfortableScene2471 1 day ago +3
Well f*** me if I ever talk to a Listnookor about Syria. Just in case, since looking at my comment it's being viewed by americans and Canadians, I'll assume your either one of them, I know assad appealed to the west a lot via being "Secular" while fighting those evil islamists, assad wasn't a liberal, he was an arab facists, so was his father too, he isn't the anti-imperialist communists who's fighting western CIA evil, he isn't fighting israel, he killed almost as much palestinians as israel, he mass exterminated palestinian camps in I think ghouta, I mean you can ask any palestinian about their opinion towards bashar and they'd hate him as much as we do. His father gave up the Golan Heights, that's how **jolan**i was displaced. Or you might be a Syrian Immigrant, or you could be using a VPN, which in that case my point still stands. Edit: ها طلعت سوري، تلحس طيز جدي بس ها مانك من الشبيحة، ما عندك مشكلة مادامك سوري، قول اللي بدك ياه.
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Obvious-Science-7119 1 day ago +2
That doesn't mean anything to his comment.
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Bagafeet 1 day ago +1
They definitely gonna hold him accountable while he's hiding in Russia with all the money he stole 🙄 It's just smoke and mirrors. Most of the old regime affiliates paid a chunk of money and now working with the new terrorist government.
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ComfortableScene2471 23 hr ago +1
There are multiple camps reforming or giving jobs new passports to both Assad soldiers and fighters from people who opposed the FSA, this isn't an Assad thing only my guy, this is selective knowledge.
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Macktheattack 1 day ago +26
In absentia. Most Ba’ath leadership is in Russia.
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Zestyclose-Novel1157 1 day ago +14
Wonder if his English wife will also be held accountable. I always found that an interesting juxtaposition. I’m sure the children are probably no longer in Syria. It will be interesting what comes of them in another 20 years.
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Ailurophile444 1 day ago +10
I read she’s got an aggressive form of cancer. She probably won’t be around in 20 years. Either way, I hope she’s also held accountable.
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Zestyclose-Novel1157 1 day ago +11
She absolutely should be. The spouses of world leaders reap the rewards. They can reap the punishment. Her in particular bothers me because she comes from the western world. She watched him brutalize his people. I hold no sympathy for her. It isn’t like she herself is Syrian. While that wouldn’t make it okay, it would make it different. It sounds like they aren’t actually in custody though of course so who knows if they will be punished in practice.
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born_in_the_90s 1 day ago +2
What are his wife and kids up to?
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Known-Writer2092 1 day ago +7
Is Jolani next?
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Quasar375 1 day ago -1
So we leave the country in the hands of who exactly? Like it or not, Jolani is the best realistic option for Syria right now. He left Al Qaeda long enough ago and seems to actually become a very prudent and pragmatic leader.
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cosmiclight123 1 day ago +13
You think he changed for the better, seriously? This guy beheaded people.
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Quasar375 1 day ago +3
How many people has he beheaded since he took control of Syria? Perhaps, maybe perhaps, people can become pragmatic and grow wiser with time. Have you seen the several interviews he has given recently? Like it or not, Jolani seems to very clearly be someone smart who knows what needs to be done in order to actually bring Syria out of the geopolitical hole it was in.
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piffcty 1 day ago +12
What are you talking about, his forces have committed multiple of acts of genocide against Kurds, Alawites, and Druze since ousting al-Assad.
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Quasar375 1 day ago -2
All isolated incidents that are inevitable consequence of having a resentful armed society that experienced a decade long civil war. Jolani explicitly condemned and prohibited any revenge killings. He wanted none of that.
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TheGodfather742 1 day ago +3
Ethnic cleansing as isolated incidents huh? You should really reevaluate yourself
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nqassim1 1 day ago +1
The fact you have the words “all” followed by “isolated” shows how smooth brained you really are
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Ionic_liquids 1 day ago +6
That's like saying a serial murderer has ceased murdering now that he has a desk job, and that it's ok. It doesn't matter what he does now. His history is a stain, and he has never come out in public apologizing for what he did, or saying it was wrong. The dude is a fundamentalist who is smart enough to realize that he needs to maintain an image to be accepted by ignorant people around the world. Until there is a fair election, and Jolani is replaced by someone who has never beheaded infidels, Syria will remain a backwater. If Syria manages to eek out the next Nobel Prize, I'll bite my tongue.
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Quasar375 1 day ago +3
Okay, so you want someone without a stained past to be the president of an extremely impoverished country that was just submerged in a decade long civil war? How cute, I also dream of that. Now, returning to reality, Jolani has enough authority to maintain countless factions more or less unified, enough political and administrative knowledge to begin organizing an actual functioning government, and enough good will or enough intelligence to not kill people as the previous govermnent did. His approval is huge in Syria right now and sanctions are beginning to get lifted because world leaders actually know how to be pragmatic instead of falling to idealistic nonsense that is only detrimental to any actual progress in reality.
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Ionic_liquids 1 day ago -2
Lol you're an apologist for someone who beheads infidels? Sounds like bigotry of low expectations for brown people. Jolani bringing stability makes sense. It takes a brutal person to rule Syria. The question is whether he is the one who can transform it into a free democracy. Can you point to a single Muslim fundamentalist who has ever done that?
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Quasar375 1 day ago +7
Lmao who ever said anything about Syria turning into an actual free democracy right now? There are first world countries who are right now struggling with that. You can not seriously expect Syria of all countries to manage to get it right in a near future. The point is that all things considered, Jolani is the most adequate leader that the country needs right now, and asking to prosecute him right now for what he did in the past is a braindead take that only would make things worse if it was done.
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Ionic_liquids 1 day ago -3
If a jihadi who beheads infidels is literally the best Syria can offer at the moment, I have little hope. Jolani can at the very least publicly announce that beheading infidels was wrong, and that the atrocities commited by his Islamist groups was a tragedy. That is a fair cry from democracy, and fully achievable. But you seem to have low expectations for brown people.
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Quasar375 1 day ago +2
… why do you bring up skin tone of all things here?? Do you realize that Syria (and many other Middle East countries) have much more ethnic/cultural/racial diversity than just being “brown people”? Ffs, I am browner than most Middle East people. Stop thinking everyone is as obsessed with skin tone as you. And no, publicly apologising for his crimes would be the wrong move right now. There are several militants of his army that are more fundamentalist than the average. If they feel he regrets and is ashamed of his past actions they will think he is not a true Muslim anymore and the civil war would ignite again.
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cosmiclight123 1 day ago -4
Are you kidding me?! He beheaded people period and he's lying in interviews like any other politicians and you now try to justify he is good because he stopped beheading people (now other people do it for him) and can talk smooth in interviews. This is the most pathetic Listnook comment I've ever seen, no wonder nobody can take you guys seriously. He would've beheaded you and you're kissing his boots, PATHETIC.
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Quasar375 1 day ago +9
Alright, firstly, who is “you guys”? Secondly, okay buddy, Jolani commited crimes, so who do you propose for president of Syria? By the time you locate the first guy who commited no wrong during that civil war you would get a non influential, non powerful enough person to prevent getting killed/ignored and the civil war would start all over again. Your comment is a prime example of the stupidity and ridiculous self righteousness of people who have lived in safe first world countries since their birth. Why don’t you ask the average Syrian what does he think of Jolani? Something tells me it won’t fit with your agenda.
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cosmiclight123 1 day ago -4
Why don't you ask the average Russian what does he think of Putin? Why don't you ask the average North-Korean what does he think of Kim Jong Un? Why don't you ask the average German in the 1930's what does he think of Hitler? You realize how dumb your question sounds? You leftist Listnookors are hypocritical walking contradictions.
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Quasar375 1 day ago +3
Oh, so "you guys" are leftist listnookors. Got it. Russians, North Coreans, 1930´s germans were under constant propaganda by their governments for several years (you should be familiar with it). Syrians were under Assad for several years and saw with their own eyes what he did. They also saw with their own eyes how Jolani´s faction ousted him and began forming a government. See the difference? Now you can answer my question that you conveniently ignored. Who would you place in charge of Syria right now to get things working without people killing each other all over again? What should be done?
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Mackey_Corp 1 day ago +5
So what’s your plan there smart guy? Why do you care so much who is in charge of Syria? I doubt you have any clue what they need and who they want in charge. Who cares if he killed some people during a war. Every American president in recent memory has committed some kind of war crime, should they be held accountable? Unless you’re suggesting they all get sent to The Hague along with Jolani then it’s just a double standard.
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Bagafeet 1 day ago -3
Lmao what delusion to think a terrorist is the best realistic leader for Syria. Gotta take it easy on the hashish my brotha. Y'all terrorist apologists guys stop with the whole pragmatism taking point. He's already committed several maybe massacres and robbing the country blind with his family and terrorist affiliates while radicalizing and brainwashing the youth. He's already worse than Assad and he's just an extension of that regime. يلعن اللي ربط الحمار وفلتك
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Alternative_Group895 1 day ago +1
America must have its proxy
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AdonisK 1 day ago +8
What does that have to do with Syria?
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