# Former Assad officer sentenced to 60 years in US for torture

https://mins.news/en/item/63513

- Al Jazeera, 2026-09-18 01:15 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/18/former-assad-officer-sentenced-to-60-years-in-us-for-torture?traffic_source=rss

> Samir Ousman Alsheikh, a former Syrian military official who ran Adra Prison under Bashar al-Assad, was sentenced in Los Angeles to 60 years in US prison. A jury convicted him of conspiracy and three counts of torture after victims described beatings, suspension from ceiling pipes and a device that folded their bodies.

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