Samir Ousman Sheikh allegedly ordered inmates to a wing of a Syrian prison where they were then tortured with a device known as the 'flying carpet.' ...

A former Syrian military official who oversaw a prison where alleged human rights abuses took place has been charged with several counts of torture after being arrested in July for visa fraud ...

Syrian army official who oversaw the notorious Adra Prison has been charged in the U.S. with torture after being arrested in L.A.

LOS ANGELES — A former Syrian military official who oversaw a prison where alleged human rights abuses took place has been charged with several counts of torture after being arrested in July for ...

Asma al-Assad married ex-Syrian dictator Bashar in the early 2000s (Picture: AFP) The British wife of ousted Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad is reportedly so ill with cancer that she can’t be in ...

A federal grand jury in Los Angeles this week charged a former Syrian military official with several counts of torture allegedly committed at a prison he oversaw for years. Samir Ousman Sheikh ...

(AP Photo/Hussein Malla) LOS ANGELES (CN) — The former head of a Syrian prison, already jailed in California ... from about 2005 through 2008. He is charged with ordering his subordinates to inflict ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A former Syrian military official who oversaw a prison where alleged human rights abuses took place has been charged with several counts of torture after being arrested in ...