German Court trials Syrian over belonging to Turkish-backed faction

The Federal Public Prosecution Office in Karlsruhe, Germany - DW
The Federal Public Prosecution Office in Karlsruhe, Germany - DW

QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) – The Higher Regional Court in Hamburg in Germany began, yesterday, the trial of a Syrian individual on charges of belonging to a Turkish-backed faction in Syria.

The Public Prosecution accuses the 27-year-old Syrian of fighting within the ranks of the Turkish-backed Ahrar al-Sham in 2015.

Ahrar al-Sham controls areas in the northern countryside of Aleppo in the city of al-Bab and areas in Afrin and its countryside.

He was also tried for being a social  media activist in favor of Ahrar al-Sham, possessing various types of weapons, and participating in the siege of two Shiite towns in Idlib (Kafraya and al-Fu’ah).

On August 9, 2015, the charged was shown in a video on YouTube justifying the siege of the two towns.

The attorney-client said that his client refuses to comment on the charges, and told him that he has been suffering from a psychological crisis for eight years and that his friends hate him now because of “his western lifestyle he is living.”

The charged arrived in Germany in 2016 and applied for asylum. In September of 2021, He was arrested in the city of Rostock, northern Germany.