The warrants are over the assassination of two journalists during the bombardments of the rebel-held city of Homs in 2012. A French court issued arrest warrants for Syria’s former president, Bashar al ...

French judges have issued arrest warrants for former Syrian ruler Bashar al-Assad and six top aides for the killing and wounding of a group of journalists during the Syrian civil war in 2012. Among ...

France’s highest court will rule on Friday whether former Syrian President Bashar al- Assad can be stripped of head-of-state immunity, a decision that could clear the way for his trial in absentia ...

France had issued a warrant against Bashar al-Assad in 2023 over his alleged role for sarin gas attacks that killed more than 1,000 people in Syria in August 2013 — - France's highest court Friday ...

The French Cour de Cassation, on Friday, annulled an arrest warrant against the former president of Syria, Bashar Al-Assad, holding that sitting foreign leaders are immune from prosecution. On the ...

France's court dropped Assad's warrant citing immunity, but rights groups stress the ruling still clears a path for future accountability. This statement was originally published on scm.bz While the ...

Assad was toppled last year after more than 14 years of devastating civil war — Abdullah HAMMAM French magistrates this summer issued a new arrest warrant against ousted Syrian president Bashar ...

A French court issued arrest warrants for Syria’s former president, Bashar al-Assad, alongside six other top former Syrian officials, over the assassination of two journalists during the bombardments ...