senior Syrian officials jailed for life by france for war crimes

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A court in the French capital on Friday ordered life sentences for three senior Syrian government officials in a landmark case.

After a four-day trial, the Paris Criminal Court said three Syrian officials had been found guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity in the war-torn country.

The case against Ali Mamlouk, former director of Syria?s National Security Bureau; Jamil Hassan, former head of the air force intelligence directorate; and Abdel Salam Mahmoud, former head of the air force intelligence?s branch in Damascus, was based on their role in the deaths of two French nationals of Syrian origin.

The two Frenchmen, Mazzen Dabbagh and his son, Patrick, were arrested in Damascus in 2013. The two were declared dead in 2018. The family was formally notified that Patrick had died in 2014 and that Mazzen had died in 2017.

The three Syrian officials were tried in absentia. This was the first time a trial of Syrian government officials had been held in France. The court?s ruling on Friday also upheld international arrest warrants against the Syrian officials that were issued in 2018.

Anwar al-Bunni, a Germany-based Syrian human rights lawyer, said Friday?s ruling was ?historic,? and he noted it would have significant political implications for the Syrian government.