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US Charges 2 Former Top Syrian Intelligence Officials With War Crimes

The United States has filed criminal charges against two former high-ranking intelligence officials of the Syrian Government for war crimes against Americans and other civilians who were held in a military prison.

Former Syrian Air Force Intelligence officers Jamil Hassan, 72, and Abdul Salam Mahmoud, 65, were each charged in connection with a conspiracy to commit war crimes through the infliction of cruel and inhuman treatment on detainees under their control, including U.S. citizens, in detention facilities at the notorious Mezzeh Prison, near Syrian capital Damascus.

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by Joji Xavier

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