The doctor, Alaa Mousa, is expected to face charges of crimes against humanity and causing grievous bodily harm in a prison where he worked in 2011, the federal prosecutor said.

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] ...

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 ...

The move to indict the doctor, Alaa Mousa, was part of an effort by German authorities to hold accountable the Syrian government officials who sneaked into Germany along with more than a million ...

Alaa Mousa, 36, arrived in Germany in 2015 on a visa for skilled workers after working at a military intelligence prison in the Syrian city of Homs from April 2011 until December 2012.

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.

Alaa Mousa, 36, accused of torturing 18 detainees at military hospitals; allegedly administered lethal injection to prisoner By Michelle Fitzpatrick and Yann Schreiber 19 January 2022, 1:27 pm ...