Syrian Arab Republic - November 2025

On 18 November, the Aleppo Court of Justice opened the first criminal trial concerning the mass killings in Syria’s Alawite-majority coastal regions in March 2025, in which over 1,400 people were killed (many of them civilians). The case stems from a special fact-finding committee appointed by the transitional government, which referred 563 suspects for investigation. The defendants include former regime loyalists, accused of attacking the transitional government’s security forces, as well as members of these security forces, who are charged with killing civilians. The trial marks the first instance since the fall of Assad in December 2024 in which suspected perpetrators of mass violence are being prosecuted. 

Sources: Enab Baladi (1), Enab Baladi (2), Syria Direct, International IDEA