Ex-Assad official charged in California for ‘flying carpet’ torture at Syrian prison Samir Ousman Sheikh, left, was appointed governor of the province of Deir Ez-Zour in Syria in 2011 by ...

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

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 allegedly committed at a prison he oversaw for years. Samir Ousman Sheikh ...

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 ...

LOS ANGELES — 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 ...

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 ...