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Syrian doctor gets life sentence in Germany for slayings, torture under Assad
A German court sentenced a Syrian doctor to life in prison on Monday for crimes against humanity and war crimes, under a legal concept that allows countries to prosecute war crimes that took place outside their territory.
According to German prosecutors, Alaa Mousa, 40, abused and killed prisoners suspected to be enemies of then-Syrian President Bashar al-Assad while working as a doctor in military hospitals and prisons in the early 2010s. During this period, Mousa was stationed for a time at military hospital Mezzeh No. 601, later made infamous when a Syrian defector helped photograph thousands of corpses in the facility mutilated by torture.
