DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) \u2014 The first public trial in Syria of officials linked to the rule of former President Bashar Assad opened in Damascus Sunday.<\/p>\n
Atef Najib, a former Syrian army brigadier general who was head of the Political Security Branch in southern Syria’s Daraa province under Assad, appeared in the courtroom to face charges related to \u201ccrimes against the Syrian people,\u201d state-run news agency SANA reported.<\/p>\n
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