Germany Sentences Syrian-Palestinian War Criminal to Life in Prison

On February 23, 2023, a German court convicted a Palestinian man from Syria for several counts of murder and attempted murder for firing a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) into a group of civilians in Damascus on March 23, 2014.  The blast killed four people and seriously wounded two others waiting to receive food assistance from the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East.  The defendant was first charged with war crimes, seven counts of murder, and three counts of attempted murder in August 2022.[1]