A German court has convicted a former Syrian intelligence officer of crimes against humanity and sentenced him to life in prison in a historic verdict that represents a small but significant step toward holding the regime of President Bashar al-Assad accountable for state-sponsored torture.
Anwar Raslan, a 58-year-old former colonel in the Syrian army, is the highest-ranking government official to be put on trial for crimes committed during Syria’s decade-long civil war.
