(Brussels Times) One year after the fall of Bashar Assad’s regime, Belgium’s federal prosecutor is investigating 19 cases of suspected war crimes by individuals from Syria.
The investigations were revealed on Thursday by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), with Belgian outlets De Tijd, Le Soir, and Knack participating.
They are part of a larger project called the Damascus Dossier, which analysed over 134,000 leaked documents from Assad’s intelligence services.
The leaked records portray widespread torture practices during Assad’s rule and suggest links to individuals currently residing in Belgium.
