{"id":502,"date":"2026-05-14T15:41:03","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T15:41:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arabnewsmonitor.com\/?p=502"},"modified":"2026-05-16T01:51:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T01:51:22","slug":"syria-prosecuting-assad-era-security-officials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arabnewsmonitor.com\/?p=502","title":{"rendered":"Syria: Prosecuting Assad-era security officials"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"t-content t-content--edition\" id=\"main-content\">\n<div class=\"t-content__with-sidebar\">\n<div class=\"t-content__beside-sidebar\" data-article-content>\n<h1 class=\"t-content__title a-page-title\">Syria: Prosecuting Assad-era security officials<\/h1>\n<div class=\"m-master-tag\">\n<div class=\"a-tag-section\">\n                                    Middle East\n                            <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"t-content__main-media\" data-media-video-d1d5180a-b265-47d3-b617-414f95fa91f5 data-wrapper-video-player data-show-hidden-video-player=\"D1D5180A-B265-47D3-B617-414F95FA91F5\" data-autoplay-video-link data-youtube-script>\n<div class=\"o-em-consent \">\n<div class=\"o-em-consent__content\">\n<p class=\"o-em-consent__content__text\">To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement.<\/p>\n<p>        <button class=\"a-master-button a-master-button--dark\" data-action=\"accept\"><br \/>\n            Accept<\/p>\n<p>        <\/button><br \/>\n        <button class=\"a-link\" data-action=\"manage\">Manage my choices<\/button>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"o-em-adblock\" data-adblock-content>\n<div class=\"o-em-adblock__content\">\n<p class=\"o-em-adblock__content__text\">One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. 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But is enough being done to investigate and prosecute those accused? Some tentative steps have been taken. A trial is underway in Damascus of Assad himself and his brother Maher, although neither are in the country and are being tried in absentia.                    <\/p>\n<div class=\"t-content__body u-clearfix\">\n<p class=\"a-read-more\"><span class=\"a-read-more__label\">Watch more<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/tv-shows\/a-propos\/20260429-assad-regime-trials-are-integral-for-syria-to-move-on-from-civil-war-atrocities\" target=\"_self\" class=\"a-read-more__link\">Assad regime trials are &#8216;integral for Syria to move on&#8217; from civil war, atrocities<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In this edition of\u00a0Middle East Matters, we&#8217;re joined by Habib Nassar,\u00a0a lawyer and activist focused on transitional <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/tag\/justice\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"gtm-add-suggested-tag\">justice<\/a>. 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