The death certificate of Corporal Abdul Rahman Karameh, who died under torture in 2012, a copy of which was obtained by Zaman al-Wasl, reveals the pivotal role played by Brigadier General Dr. Akram Fares al-Shaar in legitimizing systematic killings within Tishreen Military Hospital by falsifying the medical causes of death.
Karameh was arrested after a failed attempt to defect.
Al-Shaar, who served as head of the hospital's forensic medicine department, used the phrase "Circulatory heart attack" to describe the condition of a victim who actually died under torture. This was the legal pretext used by the former regime to close the files of thousands of detainees and exonerate the security services from criminal charges.
The falsified account was corroborated by assistants Ali Hamdawi and Mohamad Shahin, who testified as "witnesses to the incident," revealing a hierarchical network within the hospital that began with the medical administration and extended down to the officers responsible for managing the logistics of bodies arriving from the security branches.
Unconfirmed reports have emerged that Akram al-Shaar was arrested in the city of Jableh in the Latakia countryside on Sunday, May 3, 2026. This document, presented by Zaman al-Wasl, serves as direct evidence of the charges against him.
Under al-Shaar's leadership, Tishreen Hospital became a place of death rather than treatment. The department he headed was responsible for converting evidence of electrocution, starvation, and beatings into "clean" medical reports, providing legal cover for the perpetrators before the bodies were transferred to mass graves in Najha and Qutaifa.
This document is of significant legal importance as it directly links the names of medical and security personnel (Hamdawi and Shahin), thus strengthening the case against al-Shaar and his team for covering up war crimes and falsifying official documents to obstruct justice.
Hussein al-Shishakli - Zaman al-Wasl
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