An indictment was unsealed today in the Northern District of Illinois charging two high-ranking Syrian officials under former President Bashar al-Assad with war crimes. The indictment charges the former Syrian intelligence officials with engaging in a conspiracy to commit cruel and inhuman treatment of civilian detainees, including U.S. citizens, during the course of the Syrian
  • Anas@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Huh, so you do care about war crimes against Americans and other civilians. Didn’t look that way for the past year.

  • PyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Article was heavy on ‘shock value’ in description of atrocities, kinda light on other details.

    As one not versed in legalese, does ‘unsealed’ mean ‘brought for the first time’ or ‘revisited’?

  • catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
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    2 days ago

    How exactly does the FBI and the Northern District of Illinois plan to prosecute this case against foreign citizens, presumably in Syria?