US EditionFrench court jails ex-Syria rebel for 10 years for war crimes
- On May 28, 2025, a Paris court sentenced Majdi Nema, who previously served as the spokesperson for the Syrian Islamist faction Jaish al-Islam, to 10 years in prison for war crimes linked to Syria's civil war.
- In November 2019, Nema arrived in France through a university exchange program and was subsequently detained in Marseille in January 2020 following a criminal complaint filed by rights organizations under the principle of universal jurisdiction.
- He was convicted of involvement in war crimes, including the recruitment of youths between 15 and 18 years old and assisting in the planning of these offenses during his time with Jaish al-Islam, which controlled rebel areas around Damascus from 2013 to 2016.
- Defence lawyer Romain Ruiz described the verdict as "relatively incomprehensible," while Syrian civil rights attorney Marc Bailly expressed relief, stating that justice had been primarily achieved for the Syrian people today.
- This case marks France's first universal jurisdiction trial for Syrian civil war crimes and could encourage further prosecutions of serious international offenses regardless of where they occurred.
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A French court has jailed a former Syrian rebel for war crimes
Majdi Nema − better known by his nom de guerre Islam Alloush − was found guilty by a Paris court and has been sentenced to 10 years. He was charged under the principle of universal jurisdiction, which allows states to prosecute suspects accused of serious crimes regardless of where they were committed.
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French court jails ex-Syria rebel for 10 years for war crimes
A French court on Wednesday jailed a former Syrian Islamist rebel spokesman to 10 years for his role in atrocities committed in Syria's civil war in the country's first universal justice case.
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