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Syria handed a life sentence to a member of the Jerusalem Brigades, also known as Liwa al-Quds, state media announced on 2026-10-29. The Jerusalem Post reported that the group's members were largely recruited from the Bab an-Nayrab Palestinian refugee camp just east of Aleppo, and that the convicted man was linked to the IRGC. The report gives no further details about the charges or the trial.