7/31/2025–|Last update: 05:27 (Mecca time)
The Public Prosecution in Syria announced that the public right lawsuit against a number of the previous regime symbols, against the backdrop of charges related to violations and crimes against civilians during the years of the Syrian revolution.
According to a statement issued by the Public Prosecutor in Damascus, Judge Hassan Al -Dahba, the judicial decision included Atef Naguib, a former security officer whose name was associated with the beginning of the protests in Daraa Governorate in 2011, and the former mufti of Syria, Ahmed Badr al -Din Hassoun, who is accused of inciting the killing of the Syrians.
The decision also included the Minister of Interior in the former regime, Muhammad Al -Shaar and Ibrahim Al -Hawija, one of the prominent officials of the General Intelligence Department during the era of the ousted President Bashar al -Assad.
The Attorney General confirmed that the defendants were referred to the competent investigating judge to initiate the investigation and take legal measures in advance, calling on all the affected people and their families, or those who have certificates or information about violations committed by the four to submit what they have to include them to the investigation file.
He also called on the relevant human rights and humanitarian organizations to submit “their files and documents that can contribute to revealing the truth,” according to the statement.
The Ministry of Justice announced earlier Wednesday that it had begun receiving the files of some of the detainees against the background of crimes and violations against the Syrian people and to move the public lawsuit against them, confirming the Syrian government’s commitment to the approach of accountability, enhancing confidence in the judicial system, and protecting human rights.
After Bashar al -Assad was dropped on December 8, and his escape to Russia, the General Security Forces in Syria succeeded in arresting a number of the symbols of his rule and security and military officials, and the new government pledged to hold accountable those involved in crimes against the Syrians.