The trial of a 47-year-old Syrian man began on Friday in the northern German port city of Hamburg in relation to potential war crimes committed by a Syrian government militia between 2012 and 2015. The accused is a 47-year-old Syrian man who entered Germany in February 2016 and was detained in the north-western city of Bremen on August 2 last year, according to a spokesman for the Hanseatic Higher Regional Court. As one of the leaders of the Shabiha militia in the al-Tadamon district of the Syrian capital, the accused is alleged to have participated in the abuse and enslavement of civilians as…