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Al Jazeera

Assad Cousin Atef Najib Appears in Court in Damascus on Charges of Murder and Torture

Atef Najib, a brigadier general and former head of the Political Security Department in Deraa, faced the first substantive session of his trial on 10 May 2026. He has been charged with at least 10 crimes including murder, torture and responsibility for massacres, with 75 plaintif…

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