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

The New York Times | Aug. 15, 2026, 11:28 a.m. | Original
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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