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Syria court sentences Iran-linked militia member to life in prison

DAMASCUS: A Syrian court has sentenced a man affiliated with the Iran-linked Liwa al-Quds militia to life imprisonment after convicting him of joining an armed group accused of involvement in war crimes and crimes against humanity, state news agency SANA reported on Wednesday. The court found Abdul Jabbar Ghazi Arziq guilty of joining an armed group affiliated with Liwa al-Quds, a militia linked to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), according to the report. The ruling said the grou