Samir Ousman Sheikh allegedly ordered inmates to a wing of a Syrian prison where they were then tortured with a device known as the 'flying carpet.' ...

A former Syrian military official who oversaw a prison where alleged human rights abuses took place has been charged with several counts of torture after being arrested in July for visa fraud ...

By Adam Goldman Reporting from Washington A federal grand jury in Los Angeles charged a former Syrian government official on Thursday with torturing political dissidents at a notorious prison in ...

A former Syrian official under the rule of former President ... to hide in the United States.” Alsheikh was charged with conspiracy to commit torture, for which he faces a maximum penalty ...

Syrian army official who oversaw the notorious Adra Prison has been charged in the U.S. with torture after being arrested in L.A.

A high-ranking member of the Islamic State militant group in Syria has been charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity in Germany, partly for alleged involvement in the genocide against the ...

The United Nations human rights chief has called for the lifting of Western sanctions imposed on Syria over its yearslong ...

Six Syrian rebels have been killed in clashes with supporters of ousted president Bashar al-Assad while trying to arrest a former government official, a British-based war monitor reports.

Syria's new authorities have arrested a military justice official who is believed to have ... forced to kill each other in a living hell Former Sednaya inmates have described being plunged into ...