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Syrian Convicted in Austria of Civil War Abuses Is Detained in Syria

Published by New York Times World By Carlotta Gall and Hussam Hammoud · 15 August 2026 at 18:28
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Syrian Convicted in Austria of Civil War Abuses Is Detained in Syria
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Musab Abu Rukbah, a former police chief, left Austria after appealing his eight-year sentence for crimes committed during Syria’s civil war.

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