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Asharq Al-Awsat
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Syrian Doctor in German Torture Trial Denies Atrocities

Alaa Mousa practised medicine in Germany until his arrest in 2020 Boris Roessler POOL/AFP/File

A Syrian doctor on trial in Germany for torture and murder while working in military hospitals in his war-torn homeland on Tuesday denied setting fire to a teenage boy's genitals or operating on detainees without anesthesia.

Alaa Mousa, 36, who arrived in Germany in 2015 and practiced medicine in the country until his arrest five years later, is on trial for crimes against humanity.

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