For years, "Caesar," who leaked photos providing evidence of the torture and killing of civilians by President Bashar al-Assad's government, seemed like a legend or a symbol who transcended reality for Syrians. Now Assad is gone, and we know who Caesar is. So why are some now accusing Caesar of being responsible for starving Syrians and worsening their economic crisis?
Farid Al-Madhhan
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DAMASCUS — For years, "Caesar" seemed like a legend or a symbol who transcended reality for Syrians. But at his core, he was a hero of flesh and blood, a hero who resembled them and belonged to their world. He was not a supernatural figure or an anonymous character from heroic tales; he was an ordinary employee, someone you could encounter daily on your street or in your office. Yet he possessed extraordinary courage that changed the course of Syrian history.
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This individual, identified only by the name "Caesar," leaked photos providing evidence of the torture and killing of civilians by President Bashar al-Assad's government, which were used in the 2014 Syrian detainee report, also known as the Caesar Report. Published on Jan. 21, 2014, the report resulted in sanctions, including the U.S. Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act of 2019 (or Caesar Act), that...
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