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