Man living in a flat in Buckinghamshire ‘tortured and murdered civillians’ after Arab Spring

A former Syrian air force officer charged with crimes against humanity following the systematic torture and murder of civilians 15 years ago has appeared in court, Salem Michel Al Salem, 58, an ex intelligence colonel who now lives in the UK, is accused of carrying out war crimes including multiple charges of murder and torture in Damascus during the Syrian civil war. Al Salem allegedly led a task force that violently cracked down on protests in the eastern suburbs of…