has a long reach and an even longer memory,” said Special Agent in Charge Eddy Wang of the HSI Los Angeles Field office. “The defendant is accused of torturing prisoners in Syria almost 20 ...

Nabih Bulos is the Middle East bureau chief for the Los Angeles Times ... His work has taken him to Syria, Iraq, Libya, Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan and Yemen as well as on the migrant trail through ...

The 13-year civil war in Syria has roared back into prominence with a surprise rebel offensive on Aleppo, one of Syria's largest cities and an ancient business hub. The push is among the rebels ...

Air quality in wildfire-stricken Los Angeles improved on Thursday from hazardous peaks hit earlier this month, as tiny soot ...

A former Syrian military official who oversaw a prison ... Federal officials detained the 72-year-old in July at Los Angeles International Airport on charges of immigration fraud, specifically ...

Samir Ousman Sheikh allegedly ordered inmates to a wing of a Syrian prison where they were then tortured with a device known as the 'flying carpet.' ...

A former Syrian military official who oversaw a prison ... Federal officials detained the 72-year-old in July at Los Angeles International Airport on charges of immigration fraud, specifically ...

A former Syrian government official has been indicted on torture charges by a Los Angeles grand jury, the US Department of Justice has announced. Samir Ousman Alsheikh, 72, of Lexington ...