U.S. Charges Jamil Hassan and Abdul Salam Mahmoud with War Crimes

Dec 9, 2024, 11:37 PM

The U.S. Department of Justice has unsealed a federal indictment in Illinois charging two former senior Syrian intelligence officials, Jamil Hassan and Abdul Salam Mahmoud, with war crimes. The charges include severe abuses against civilian prisoners during the Syrian civil war. These crimes allegedly occurred at an airport near Damascus. Arrest warrants have been issued for the accused, who were key figures in the intelligence apparatus of the now-ousted regime of Bashar al-Assad.