Germany: man charged over 2013 kidnapping in Syria
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German prosecutors have filed war crimes and terrorism charges against a Syrian man accused of membership in al-Qaida's Syrian affiliate and involvement in the 2013 kidnapping of a Canadian serving with the UN observer force in the Golan Heights.
Federal prosecutors said Friday that the 25-year-old man faces charges of committing a war crime against humanitarian operations, kidnapping and membership in a foreign terrorist organization.
The suspect was reportedlt a member of the Nusra Front and participated in the Feb. 17, 2013 kidnapping near Damascus. The Canadian man was held in a building southwest of the Syrian capital until he escaped eight months later.
