US EditionSyrian Pro-Assad Fighter Jailed for Life in Germany for Crimes Against Humanity
- On June 3, 2025, a court in Stuttgart, Germany, handed down a life sentence to a 33-year-old Syrian man for his involvement in severe violations, including violence against civilians, committed during the Syrian civil conflict.
- The case followed a trial that began in October 2024 and involved allegations that the man led a Hezbollah-backed militia that attacked Sunni civilians in Busra al-Sham to terrorize and displace them.
- The court heard from 30 witnesses, predominantly Syrian nationals residing worldwide, and examined a wide range of photographic and video materials, including images of detention centers and ransacked homes that surfaced following Assad’s overthrow in December 2024.
- The court concluded that in 2013, the militia attacked three individuals using Kalashnikov rifles and subsequently delivered them to Assad’s military intelligence, where they were subjected to torture. Additionally, a 40-year-old man was forcibly displaced in a 2014 raid and endured such severe torture that he was later found unable to walk, as detailed in the verdict.
- This conviction continues Germany's use of universal jurisdiction to prosecute Syrian war crimes following landmark cases like Anwar Raslan's 2022 life sentence and indicates ongoing judicial efforts against Syrian conflict atrocities.
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On Tuesday, June 3, German justice sentenced a former leader of a Syrian militia supporting former President Bashar al-Assad to life imprisonment "for war crimes and crimes against humanity" committed during the civil war in Syria.
·Paris, France
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MSNGermany jails Syrian pro-Assad fighter over war crimes
A German court has handed a life sentence to a Syrian man for crimes against humanity, including murder and torture. The man committed the atrocities while fighting for dictator Bashar Assad in Syria's civil war.
·Bonn, Germany
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The Stuttgart Higher Regional Court sentenced a man from Syria for his actions in the Syrian civil war. According to the judges, he committed several war crimes as a member of a militia. By Philip Raillon.
·Hamburg, Germany
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