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Syrian Man Charged in Germany With War Crimes, IS Membership

by Associated Press

   BERLIN --

   German prosecutors say they've arrested a 29-year-old Syrian man on
   allegations he committed war crimes as a member of the Islamic State
   group in his home country.
   The federal prosecutor's office said Wednesday that Fares A. B., whose
   last name wasn't released in line with privacy laws, is also accused of
   membership in a terrorist organization.
   Prosecutors allege that he joined the Nusra Front extremist
   organization in 2013, and then moved to IS in 2014.
   There, he was detailed to a jail and allegedly abused three prisoners.
   He's also accused of beating a pickup truck driver with his assault
   rifle at a traffic control point, and executing an IS prisoner in 2014.
   He was arrested in the southwestern state of Baden-Wuerttemberg July 31
   and brought before a judge Tuesday.