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Syria: Court charges Bashar Assad's cousin Atef Najib with war crimes amid 2011 uprising
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.
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A Syrian court has brought charges against Atef Najib, a cousin of President Bashar Assad, for alleged war crimes committed during the 2011 uprising. The charges stem from Najib's alleged role in orchestrating a crackdown on protests that ultimately led to a decade of civil war in Syria.
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