In the new government formed after al-Qaeda and ISIS-affiliated HTS took power in Damascus, Shadi al-Weysi, who is confirmed to have been involved in the execution of women, was appointed Minister of Justice.
Social media users circulated two videos showing two executions of women charged with "corruption and prostitution," claiming that the man reading the sentences was Shadi Al-Waisi, the Minister of Justice in the government of the new Syrian administration.
The platform "Verify-sy" conducted a thorough verification process using specialized technical tools to match the features and tone of voice clearly heard in at least one of the videos, with the features and voice of Minister Shadi Al-Waisi, who had recently appeared in several filmed interviews. The results showed a high degree of match, despite the poor quality of the circulated recordings.
To confirm this conclusively, and given the sensitivity of verification in conflict zones according to the adopted methodology, "Verify-sy" reached out to several parties in the new Syrian administration. A senior official confirmed that the man in the videos is indeed the current Minister of Justice, Shadi Al-Waisi, and at that time, he was a judge.
