PORTRAIT - Accusé de meurtres, tortures et autres actes de barbarie, il est le premier dignitaire à comparaître devant la justice syrienne depuis la chute du régime baasiste. Il risque la peine de mort.
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A 'Real Criminal': Atef Najib, Cousin of Bashar al-Assad, on Trial in Syria
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Atef Najib, a cousin of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, is being tried in Syria for his role in the country's civil war. He is accused of murder, torture, and other atrocities and could face the death penalty. Najib is the first high-ranking official to be put on trial by the Syrian justice system since the fall of the Ba'athist regime.