Major-General Mohammed Ali Durgham is accused of links to 1982 Hama massacre and 2011 protest crackdown.
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Britain expresses sorrow over slavery, but rejects financial compensation.
UN watchdog says material from facility, bombed in 2007, now under IAEA safeguards.
A shop worker has been hailed a ‘hero’ after CCTV video showed him diving into traffic to save a child