A German court has handed down a life sentence to a Syrian doctor convicted of committing acts of torture as part of Bashar al-Assad’s brutal crackdown on dissent.

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The higher regional court in Frankfurt found Alaa Mousa, 40, guilty of crimes against humanity, committed while working as a doctor at military hospitals in Homs and Damascus between 2011 and ...

Alaa Mousa, accused of crimes against humanity under former Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad's regime, arrives at a court in Frankfurt on June 16, 2025 [Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP] ...

The higher regional court in Frankfurt found Alaa Mousa, 40, guilty of crimes against humanity, committed while working as a doctor at military hospitals in Homs and Damascus between 2011 and 2012.