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Syria: Berlin prosecutors urge life sentence in war crimes trial

In a German court, a former militiaman from Syria is accused of firing a grenade into a crowd of civilians gathered to collect food, in March 2014. The attack took place during a Bashar al-Assad regime's months-long siege of the Palestinian camp of Yarmouk in Damascus, that left the population starving. In its closing statement, last Thursday in Berlin, the prosecution found Moafak D. guilty of war crimes. For the plaintiffs, this does not go far enough.


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