U.S. Indicts Syrian Officials for War Crimes; UK Faces Policy Dilemmas Post-Assad Regime Collapse

U.S. Indicts Syrian Officials for War Crimes; UK Faces Policy Dilemmas Post-Assad Regime Collapse

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• A U.S. indictment has charged Jamil Hassan and Abdul Salam Mahmoud with war crimes.
• The charges involve a conspiracy to commit cruel and inhuman treatment of detainees.
• Attorney General Merrick Garland stated they inflicted severe torture methods from 2012 to 2019.
• The indictment highlights the brutal civil war in Syria, lasting over a decade.
• UK's David Lammy called Assad a monster, butcher, drug dealer, and rat.
• The UK government has suspended asylum applications from Syria.
• Concerns grow over the role of Hayat Tahrir-al Sham (HTS) in Syria's future.