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CHRISTOPH NOELTING

Former Syrian intelligence officer Anwar Raslan (C) arrives in the courtroom at a courthouse in Koblenz, western Germany, on January 13, 2022, on the last day of his trial where he was sentenced to life in jail for crimes against humanity in the first global trial over state-sponsored torture in Syria. (Photo by Thomas Frey / POOL / AFP)
January 13, 2022, 1:52 pm
In world first, German court convicts man of crimes against humanity in Syria war
In verdict hailed as ‘breakthrough,’ Anwar Raslan sentenced to life behind bars for overseeing ‘systematic and brutal torture’ of 4,000 prisoners in early stages of civil war
By CHRISTOPH NOELTING and Frank Jordans
Syrian Kurd Bushra, who only gave her first name, poses for a photograph in Minsk, Belarus, Sept. 22, 2021 (Bushra via AP)
December 21, 2021, 10:18 am
New Syrian migrants seek Europe, driven by post-war misery
Though horrors of war have abated, many have lost hope in a future at home amid poverty and corruption, while some still fear for their personal safety
By Sarah El Deeb and CHRISTOPH NOELTING
German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends a discussion with citizen at the East German city Chemnitz, Friday, Nov. 16, 2018. (AP Photo/Kay Nietfeld, Pool)
November 16, 2018, 11:06 pm
Merkel tours scene of far-right protest, defends refugee policy
German chancellor visits city of Chemnitz, says neo-Nazi views can’t be tolerated: ‘You can’t show understanding for everything’
By CHRISTOPH NOELTING and Frank Jordans
Roses are laid on four "Stolpersteine" (stumbling blocks) for Karolina Cohn and her family in Frankfurt, Germany, Monday, Nov. 13, 2017. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
November 13, 2017, 6:51 pm
Kin meet to honor Jewish girl whose pendant was found in Nazi death camp
Commemoration of Karolina Cohn, who died in Sobibor, leads to memorial stones laid in Frankfurt and reunion of ‘broken-up, fragmented family’
By Kirsten Grieshaber and CHRISTOPH NOELTING
Alice Weidel, left, and Alexander Gauland, right, top candidates of the German AfD (Alternative for Germany) party for the upcoming general elections, attend a press conference in Berlin, Germany, August 21, 2017. (AP/Michael Sohn)
September 13, 2017, 8:59 pm
German right-wing party on course to enter parliament
Polls predict AfD Alternative for Germany could win some 10% of the vote in Sept. 24 elections; may even become third largest party
By Frank Jordans and CHRISTOPH NOELTING
In this image made from video, former U.S Marine Amir Hekmati, center, is flanked by Michigan congressman Dan Kildee, left, and Hekmati's brother-in-law Ramy Kurdi as he speaks to the media in Landstuhl, Germany, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2016. (APTN via AP)
January 20, 2016, 5:57 am
Champagne flowed when released Americans finally left Iran
Former prisoner and US Marine Amir Hekmati says he was worried until the last minute that the Iranians wouldn’t let him and three others go
By CHRISTOPH NOELTING and Frank Jordans
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