Ex-Syrian general and former senior police officer go on trial in Vienna for torturing Assad regime opponents. Trial began Monday in Austrian capital.
An ex-Syrian general and a former senior Syrian police officer went on trial in Vienna on Monday, accused of torturing opponents of the now-deposed regime of Bashar al-Assad.
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