Frankfurt, 19 June 2025 – A Syrian doctor living in Germany has been sentenced to life imprisonment for war crimes committed during Syria’s civil war. Dr. Alaa Moussa was found guilty by a Frankfurt court of murder and multiple counts of crimes against humanity after a three-year trial involving over 50 witnesses. He had been working as an orthopaedic doctor in Hesse when he was identified by former victims in a TV documentary. The court ruled he had tortured and killed prisoners at a military hospital in Homs, rejecting his claims of non-involvement.
Source: The Guardian