Event Brief
Former Assad prison official gets 60-year US sentence
By The BriefBrief · Sources (3)
Filed: Sep 17, 2026 at 10:06 PM ET
Summary: A federal judge in Los Angeles sentenced Samir Ousman Alsheikh to 60 years in US prison for torturing detainees at Syria’s Adra Prison. A jury found him guilty in March of conspiracy to commit torture and three counts of torture for overseeing the prison from about 2005 to 2008.
WHO: Samir Ousman Alsheikh; federal judge in Los Angeles; jury
WHAT: Sentenced to 60 years in US prison for conspiracy to commit torture and torture while in charge of Adra Prison
WHEN: Sep 17, 2026
WHERE: USA
WHY: He was convicted for torturing prisoners and sending detainees to an Adra Prison wing where they were held in isolation cells and tortured.
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