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Syria puts first Assad-era official on trial in Damascus

Trial proceedings opened in Damascus on Sunday for Atef Najib, the former head of political security in southern Syria

Atef Najib faces at least 10 charges in landmark Syria trial

trial. Atef Najib, the former head of political security in southern Syria’s Deraa province

Syria sees first government reshuffle since al-Assad’s ouster: State media

Syria’s 14-year civil war, in which an estimated half a million people were killed. On April 26, trial proceedings opened in Damascus for Atef Najib, the former head of political security

Security or justice? Syria faces post-Assad reckoning after string of arrests

trial of Assad’s cousin Atef Najib, the former head of political security in Deraa province, last Sunday. The picture of Najib sitting in a courtroom cage, and being confronted by one of the teenagers

From exile to judge: Symbolism in Syria’s trial of Assad, former officials

trial of Atef Najib](/news/2026/4/26/syria-puts-al-assad-era-officials-on), a cousin of former President al-Assad and the former head of political security in the southern province of Deraa who faces charges of premeditated murder, torture leading to death

SCOTUS weighs Temporary Protected Status cases. And, jury indicts James Comey again

secured a two-count indictment against former FBI Director James Comey.** The DOJ is accusing him of threatening President Trump in an Instagram photo he posted and then deleted last year. This is the second