Syria's First Public Trial for Assad's Regime

0:00Syria just kicked off his first public trial for top officials from Bashar Assad's regime. Right there in Damascus on Sunday. The star defended his Adafnijib, a former Army Brigadier general who ran the political security branch in Daraa, province. He's facing charges of crimes against the Syrian people, and he's the only one who showed up in person after getting arrested. This all traces back to 2011, when kids in Daraa got nabbed and tortured for spraying anti-government graffiti on a school wall. That sparked huge protests, which Assad's forces crushed hard, kicking off a brutal 14-year civil war. It wrapped up last December with rebel sweeping in fast, forcing Assad to bolt to Russia along with his closest crew. Folks gathered outside the courthouse, cheering loud as the session wrapped. It's a big symbolic win after half a million dead, millions displaced, and the whole country torn up. Foreign President Ahmad al-Sharah's government caught heat for dragging feet on justice, but now they're picking up speed.

1:01Big names like Assad himself, his brother Mahar, who commanded the fourth armor division tied to killings and worse, and other security bosses got. Charged in absentia, the trials just a prep round, wheel action hits next month. Meanwhile, on Friday, they nabbed ex-Intel officer Amjad Yusef over a leaked video from four years back, showing executions in Damascus suburbs. Looks like accountability is finally rolling in for Syria's dark chapter. That's your Canada News Today update, AI-powered and always on.