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Syria: Court charges Bashar Assad's cousin Atef Najib with war crimes amid 2011 uprising

10 May 2026, 17:04 GMT
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Syria's judiciary has charged Atef Najib with acts "amounting to war crimes" as Bashar Assad's cousin is accused of orchestrating a crackdown on 2011 protests that subsequently degenerated into a decade of civil war.