News Syria Homs: Power cuts heat up interest in Syria's traditional bathhouses
Published on: Thursday 13 January 2022
News source: https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/power-cuts-heat-up-interest-syrias-traditional-bathhouses-2022-01-13/
Syria's traditional bathhouses once drew in customers seeking to relax in their leisure time. Now some families head there out of necessity, fed up with taking a cold shower at home because frequent ...
News Syria Homs: Syria's intelligence apparatus awaits verdict in historic torture trial
Published on: Wednesday 12 January 2022
News source: https://www.dw.com/en/syrias-intelligence-apparatus-awaits-verdict-in-historic-torture-trial/a-53215777
In a landmark case, a Syrian regime officer is being tried for crimes against humanity in Germany. Evidence presented by prosecutors has cast a light on Bashar Assad's system of torture and oppression ...
News Syria Homs: Ex-officer jailed for Syrian war crimes after landmark German trial
Published on: Thursday 13 January 2022
News source: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/german-court-rule-landmark-syria-torture-trial-2022-01-13/
A German court on Thursday jailed a Syrian ex-intelligence officer for life for murder, rape and crimes against humanity, handing down the first ever conviction for state-backed torture committed ...
