US and Lebanon protecting wanted Syrian general, BBC finds
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- Arabic title
- بي بي سي تكشف أن الولايات المتحدة ولبنان تحميان جنرالاً سورياً مطلوباً
- English title
- US and Lebanon protecting wanted Syrian general, BBC finds
- Published
- UTC
- Topic
- Displacement, Military
From the text
US and Lebanon protecting wanted Syrian general, BBC finds Bassam al-Hassan is wanted for crimes against humanity during Syria's Assad regime - Published A former Syrian general wanted for crimes against humanity, external is being bankrolled and protected by the US and Lebanese authorities, a BBC News investigation has found.
Bassam al-Hassan, who oversaw Syria's chemical weapons programme and was a senior adviser to former President Bashar al-Assad, is being harboured in Lebanon following the Assad regime's collapse in 2024.
An investigation by the BBC and the US broadcaster NPR has discover…source ↗