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Lebanon extradited former General Adel Issa, an officer from the Assad regime, to Syria to face war crimes charges, marking the first such extradition. The move reflects Syria's new government intensifying efforts to pursue and prosecute former regime officials wanted for crimes committed under Bashar al-Assad's rule. In a related development, a Syrian court sentenced Ahmed Hassoun, the Assad-era grand mufti, to life in prison after convicting him of crimes including inciting civil war and complicity in intentional killing. The verdict marks one of the most prominent convictions yet in Syria's post-Assad reckoning with former regime figures.