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 ...

Adra prison on the outskirts of Damascus, Syria, in 2010. The former Syrian official charged on Thursday, Samir Ousman al-Sheikh, 72, ran the prison, according to federal prosecutors.

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 ...

A federal grand jury in Los Angeles this week charged a former Syrian military official with several counts of torture ...

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, former ...