LONDON (AP) – A former Syrian air force colonel faced a novel set of charges in a British court Tuesday: three counts of murder as a crime against humanity for civilian attacks in a Damascus suburb in 2011.
It’s the first time prosecutors have brought such a case in the United Kingdom, authorized under the International Criminal Court Act of 2001.
Salem al-Salem, 58, appeared in Westminster Magistrates´ Court by video link from his British home. He was slumped in an armchair with a breathing tube and was not required to state his name during the proceedings because of his condition from motor neuron disease.
He did not enter a plea.
Al-Salem was…
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