Legal Opinion
Colvin v. Syrian Arab Republic
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided February 1, 2019No. Civil Action No. 16-1423 (ABJ)PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The Syrian government responded with a strategy to quash the dissent using military *148and intelligence forces, coordinated by a group established by President Bashar al-Assad called the Central Crisis Management Cell ("CCMC"). Pls.' Mem. at 4; Brown Rpt. ¶¶ 44-45. The CCMC was the highest national security body in the Syrian government, and it was comprised of senior members of the government, included the Minister of Defense, Deputy Minister of Defense, Minister of Interior, heads of the four Syrian intelligence agencies, and Maher al-Assad, brother of President al-Assad and commander of the…
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