ALBAWABA - Three high-ranked Assad regime officials will begin trial in absentia before the Assize Court in Paris regarding the unlawful arrest of Patrick Dabbagh and his father back in 2013. The three officials are Ali Mamlouk, 78, head of the Syrian secret services and security adviser to President Bashar al-Assad, Jamil Hassan, 72, head of the Syrian air force intelligence unit until 2019 and a member of Assad’s entourage ...