France Issues New Arrest Warrant For Syria's Assad: AFP
- Two French investigating magistrates have issued an arrest warrant against Bashar Al-Assad for suspected complicity in war crimes, marking the second such move by France's judicial authorities.
- The warrant cites Assad as responsible for a bombing in Deraa in 2017 that killed a civilian, as he was the Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces.
- French authorities previously issued an arrest warrant in November 2023 regarding chemical attacks in 2013 that killed over a thousand people with sarin gas, according to American intelligence.
- The French justice system has issued 14 arrest warrants for Syrian officials in total, according to an AFP tally.
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