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News & Current Events May 11, 2026 at 1:03 AM

Syria: Court charges Bashar Assad's cousin with war crimes

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Syria: Court charges Bashar Assad's cousin with war crimes
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Syria: Court charges Bashar Assad's cousin with war crimes
Syria's judiciary has charged Atef Najib with acts "amounting to war crimes" as Bashar Assad's cousin is accused of orchestrating a crackdown on 2011 protests that subsequently degenerated into a decade of civil war.
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faffc260 May 11, 2026 +11
guess he didn't take his family to russia, surprised he didn't flee with the rest of the human refuse in the assad regime who went to russia..well I hope he regrets the crackdown on the protesters before whatever sentence is handed down.
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ms1232 May 11, 2026 +1
just wondering if USA will hold this standard when it comes to war crimes committed during current administration and members of their family currently in various advisory positions purely based on principles of nepotism 
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stonertear May 11, 2026 +1
The Al Qaida guy is okay though - because he's 'come good'?
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Aromatic-Ant-5020 May 11, 2026 +2
Al Qaeda fans are downvoting this.
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OneSeparate5929 May 11, 2026 -1
He will be in Mar a Lago next week.
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ozrocket May 11, 2026
YEP, along with the growing collection of Despots
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