The highest-ranking Syrian military official to be tried in Europe will appear in a Stockholm court on Monday for his alleged role in war crimes committed in 2012 during Syria's civil war. Sixty-five-year-old former Syrian brigadier general Mohammed Hamo, who lives in Sweden, stands accused of "aiding and abetting" war crimes during Syria's civil war, which can carry a sentence of life in jail.

The highest-ranking Syrian military official to be tried in Europe on Monday appeared before a Stockholm court accused of war crimes during Syria's civil war.