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French Court Jails Ex-Syria Rebel For 10 Years For War Crimes

A Jaish al-Islam flag found in one of the group's alleged prisons in Eastern Ghouta (Credit: AFP)

A French court on Wednesday jailed a former Syrian Islamist rebel spokesman to 10 years for his role in atrocities committed in Syria's civil war in the country's first universal justice case.

Majdi Nema, a former spokesman of the rebel group Jaish al-Islam, was found guilty by a Paris court of complicity in war crimes, specifically of conscription of minors aged 15 to 18, and helping to prepare war crimes.

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