Prosecutors say a Syrian security official accused of torture hid in plain sight in Europe for years, protected by Israeli and Austrian intelligence agents.

Prosecutors in Austria on Wednesday said they have charged two officials of Syria's former government for allegedly abusing detained civilians during the country's brutal civil war. Austria hosts one of the biggest Syrian diasporas in Europe and several similar cases related to crimes committed during the Syrian civil war have been heard in the country's courts,

Former brigadier general of intelligence service and former lieutenant colonel of local police in Syrian city of Raqqa have been living in Austria since 2015 - Anadolu Ajansı