![CORRECTION / Syrian defendant Eyad al-Gharib, accused of crimes against humanity in the first trial of its kind to emerge from the Syrian conflict, arrives to hear his verdict in the court room on February 24, 2021 in Koblenz, western Germany. Eyad al-Gharib, 44, former Syrian intelligence service agent was sentenced to four and a half years in jail for complicity in crimes against humanity in the first court case over state-sponsored torture by the Syrian government. / AFP / POOL / Thomas Lohnes](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/QJ7ANL5PQ7OUSU6BX7HLM7OF3A.jpg?smart=true&auth=7cea61556d85a7e6908351806c42ba82cce521d70ea54ea2db612bc57f76d852&width=400&height=225)
Syrian defendant Eyad Al Gharib arrives to hear his verdict in the court in Koblenz. AFP
Syrian defendant Eyad Al Gharib arrives to hear his verdict in the court in Koblenz. AFP
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