Ex-Assad official charged in California for ‘flying carpet’ torture at Syrian prison Samir Ousman Sheikh, left, was appointed governor of the province of Deir Ez-Zour in Syria in 2011 by ...

A former Syrian military official who oversaw a prison where alleged human rights abuses took place has been charged with several counts of torture after being arrested in July for visa fraud ...

Adra prison on the outskirts of Damascus, Syria, in 2010. The former Syrian official charged on Thursday, Samir Ousman al-Sheikh, 72, ran the prison, according to federal prosecutors.

A former Syrian official under the rule of former President Bashar Assad was federally indicted in the U.S. for torturing prisoners held at Damascus Central Prison from 2005-08, according to a Thur… ...

LOS ANGELES, California — A former Syrian government official has been charged with torture and visa fraud by a federal grand jury, according to a press release from the United States Department ...

A former Syrian military official who oversaw a prison where alleged human rights abuses took place has been charged with several counts of torture after being arrested in July for visa fraud ...

LOS ANGELES (CN) — The former head of a Syrian prison, already jailed in California on visa fraud charges, has been indicted for torturing political prisoners and other detainees at the Damascus ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A former Syrian military official who oversaw a prison where alleged human rights abuses took place has been charged with several counts of torture after being arrested in ...