The prosecution of Alaa Mousa relied on the legal concept of universal jurisdiction, under which normal rules on territorial ...

BERLIN (Reuters) -A German court is set to deliver a verdict on Monday in the case of a Syrian doctor accused of crimes against humanity, including the torture of detainees at military hospitals in ...

Nearly a million Syrians in Germany alone have made new lives. But after the fall of Bashar al-Assad, some politicians across the continent have suggested that refugees could return home.

A German court has handed down a life sentence to a Syrian doctor convicted of committing acts of torture as part of Bashar al-Assad’s brutal crackdown on dissent.

Syria’s iron-fisted leader Bashar al-Assad is the second generation of an autocratic family dynasty that held power for more ...

A Syrian pro-Assad fighter was convicted of crimes against humanity and jailed for life by a German court on Tuesday. Since the toppling of the Assad regime, German authorities have pursued several ...

In the wake of President Bashar al-Assad’s regime collapse, Germany has been gripped by heated political debates over whether Syrian refugees should be encouraged to return voluntarily or face ...

Maher al-Assad is wanted for war crimes and reportedly fled to Russia by way of Iraq as rebel forces took over Syria.

A man burns a picture of Bashar al-Assad close to Syria's border with Lebanon. Rebels launched a shock offensive across Syria in late November, ousting al-Assad and ending more than half a century ...

An alleged former Syrian prison guard has been arrested in Germany on suspicion of committing crimes against humanity under former president Bashar al-Assad, prosecutors said Tuesday.The man, ...

Syria’s iron-fisted leader Bashar al-Assad is the second generation of an autocratic family dynasty that held power for more than five decades and his disappearance amid a lighting rebel advance ...

In the wake of President Bashar al-Assad’s regime collapse, Germany has been gripped by heated political debates over whether Syrian refugees should be encouraged to return voluntarily or face ...