Shaking hands: Will the Counter-Terrorism Court’s Ammar Bilal escape accountability?

By Walid Al Nofal|2025-04-14T20:09:53+02:00April 14, 2025|

A photo of Syrian Minister of Justice Mazhar al-Wais shaking hands with Judge Ammar Bilal—the former chief prosecutor at the Assad regime’s infamous Counter-Terrorism Court—ignited a firestorm on Syrian social media last week.