Change of scene at the Aleppo courthouse, shortly before the start of a historic trial related to the massacres on the Syrian coast in March. (Photo taken on Nov. 18, 2025 by Karam al-Masri/L’Orient Today)
A small golden metal scale is firmly held by a representative of the Syrian Ministry of Justice. For the new authorities, it's about setting the scene in courtroom number three, on the third floor of Aleppo's heavily guarded Palace of Justice, far from the security risks that might arise from the capital.As a crowd of journalists waits impatiently nearby, members of the military police form a single file interspersed with prisoners in tracksuits, plastic zip ties binding their wrists, then locked up in a caged box. There are seven of them, most of whom are former soldiers, accused of attacking government forces three months after the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime, with the aim of toppling the transitional government. Read more here Post-Assad Syria, hatred as legacy The new government is under intense scrutiny a few weeks...
A small golden metal scale is firmly held by a representative of the Syrian Ministry of Justice. For the new authorities, it's about setting the scene in courtroom number three, on the third floor of Aleppo's heavily guarded Palace of Justice, far from the security risks that might arise from the capital.As a crowd of journalists waits impatiently nearby, members of the military police form a single file interspersed with prisoners in tracksuits, plastic zip ties binding their wrists, then locked up in a caged box. There are seven of them, most of whom are former soldiers, accused of attacking government forces three months after the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime, with the aim of toppling the transitional government. Read more here Post-Assad Syria, hatred as legacy The new government is under intense scrutiny a few...