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 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 ...

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 ...

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

LOS ANGELES: 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 ...

(The Center Square) – A former Syrian government official illegally living in the ... “Samir Alsheikh is charged with torturing political dissidents and other prisoners to deter opposition ...

OMAR HAJ KADOUR/AFP/AFP 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 ...

Mohammed Kanjo Hassan was arrested in the Tartus province; it is believed he has issued 'thousands' of sentences for people ...

(CNN) — Former Syrian regime security forces have been handing in their weapons to the rebel-linked transitional government in the southern Syrian city of Latakia, according to video filmed by ...