Assad-era Syrian official jailed for 60 years by US courtBy Kanishka SinghWASHINGTON, Sept 17 (Reuters) - A former Syrian government official who headed the Damascus Central Prison under ousted PresidentBashar al-Assad and was convicted of torture by a US federal jury has been sentenced to60 years in prison by a US judge, federal prosecutors said.Samir Ousman Alsheikh, 74, was charged in 2024 and convicted…Al-Monitor20d agoWhole story →JusticeSecuritysyrian official sentencing
