Members of the security forces belonging to Syria's new authorities and supporters of former dictator Bashar al-Assad appeared in court in Aleppo for massacres that left 1,400 dead on the Syrian coast in March. This public trial is intended to demonstrate transitional president Ahmed al-Sharaa's commitment to the rule of law.

ALEPPO: The first trial was opened on Tuesday of some of the hundreds of suspects linked to deadly clashes in Syria’s coastal provinces earlier this year that quickly spiraled…

The attacks in March killed thousands, many from the Alawite religious minority.

Members of the security forces belonging to Syria's new authorities and supporters of former dictator Bashar al-Assad appeared in court in Aleppo for massacres that left 1,400…