Syrian Living in UK Charged With Crimes Against Humanity
10th March 2026
A former Syrian intelligence officer living in the UK has been charged with war crimes in the first prosecution of its kind in the UK.
The 58-year-old man was charged on Monday with a string of offences following an investigation by counter-terror police.
The suspect is said to have led a group tasked with suppressing anti-government demonstrations in eastern Damascus in April 2011, following the start of the Syrian Civil War.
His alleged offences include three counts of murder as a crime against humanity (CAH), three counts of torture, and one offence of conduct ancillary to murder as a CAH.