GERMANY-SYRIA-CONFLICT-WAR-TRIAL

Representative of the Federal Prosecutor's Office Holger Schneider-Glockzin reads behing a glass pane in the court prior the trial of Iraqi defendant Abu Walaa, described as the Islamic State group's de facto leader in Germany, on February 24, 2021 in Celle, central Germany. - A German court hands down on february 24 its ruling in a case against Abu Walaa, a notorious Iraqi preacher believed to be the Islamic State jihadist group's de facto leader in Germany. Ahmad Abdulaziz Abdullah Abdullah, better known as Abu Walaa, is accused of being "IS' representative in Germany" and directing a jihadist network which radicalised young people in Europe and helped them travel to Iraq and Syria. (Photo by Julian Stratenschulte / POOL / AFP) (Photo by JULIAN STRATENSCHULTE/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)