The prosecution of Alaa Mousa relied on the legal concept of universal jurisdiction, under which normal rules on territorial ...

A German court will rule Monday on the case of a Syrian doctor accused of crimes against humanity under former dictator ...

A German court on Monday handed a life sentence to a Syrian doctor who tortured opponents of former ruler Bashar al-Assad ...

The Frankfurt Higher Regional Court imposed the sentence on Alaa Mousa on Monday, ruling that the doctor’s actions formed part of the Assad regime’s “inhumane and repressive” campaign ...

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.