Germany tries Syrian for supplying equipment to armed faction in Syria
QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) – Germany started the trial of a Syrian citizen on April 22 on charges of supplying military equipment to Ahrar al-Sham faction in Syria between October 2012 and April 2014.
The accused, 54, referred to as “B,” traveled from Germany to Syria via Greece on Oct. 12, 2012, carrying batteries and charging devices for drones in a convoy.
Ahrar al-Sham Movement, established at the end of 2011, is a coalition of multiple Islamist groups that coalesced into a single brigade fighting against the Syrian government forces during the Syrian conflict.
Reportedly, “B” traveled between 2012 and 2014 from Germany to Syria three times to deliver military equipment to Ahrar al-Sham.
On Dec. 2, 2013, “B” brought antennas, routing devices, and binoculars to Syria in an ambulance.
At the Hanseatic High Regional Court in the city of Hamburg, the accused declared that he would confess to these charges on the day following the trial.
Germany usually pursues individuals who were former members of ISIS or other members within the jihadist and armed opposition factions, especially those who committed “war crimes” during the Syrian conflict before seeking asylum in the country.
The country put the group on the black list
In December 2023, the Federal Prosecutors Office in Germany charged Muhammad A. and Asmael K., who joined ISIS around 2013, with taking hostages, some of them resulted in death.
Roughly one million Syrian asylum-seekers and refugees live in the EU. Germany alone hosts around 59% of them.