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0:00On March 9, a 58-year-old, former Syrian intelligence officer living in the UK faces charges of murder and torture as crimes against, humanity, marking the first prosecution of its kind in England and Wales. He allegedly led efforts to crush protests in Damascus suburbs back in April 2011 at the start of the uprising against Bashar al-Assad's regime, which later sparked a civil war ending with Assad's overthrow in December 2024. The man was arrested in Buckinghamshire in 2021, on suspicion of war crimes, released on bail, and now faces three counts of murder as a crime against humanity, three counts of torture, and one related offense. Prosecutors work closely with the Metropolitan Police on this complex international investigation, emphasizing the UK's no-save haven policy for. Alleged war criminals, unlike similar cases handled in Germany, he is set to appear in Westminster Magistrates Court on Tuesday, where reporting restrictions might shield his

1:02identity as authorities push forward. With this landmark case...