US EditionNew Legal Action Launched Against Syria’s Assad After French Court Ruling
- On July 28, 2025, French prosecutors applied for another arrest warrant targeting Bashar al-Assad, the ex-leader of Syria, in connection with a fatal chemical weapons attack near Damascus in 2013.
- The request comes after a prior warrant was revoked and amid ongoing probes into an alleged sarin chemical attack in August 2013 near Adra and Douma, which is reported to have resulted in the deaths of over a thousand individuals.
- The National Anti-Terror Prosecutor's Office has requested the issuance and global circulation of an arrest warrant targeting Bashar al-Assad for his purported involvement in crimes against humanity and war crimes related to the chemical attack case.
- Following the takeover by anti-government forces on December 8, Bashar al-Assad and his family relocated to Russia, while French authorities continue pursuing legal actions, including a 2017 arrest warrant linked to a bombing in Deraa that resulted in the death of a French-Syrian civilian.
- The new warrant request indicates French authorities may continue pursuing prosecution despite Assad no longer being president and the annulment of the 2023 warrant due to presidential immunity rules.
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The Frontier PostFrench prosecutors seek new al-Assad arrest warrant
·Saudi Arabia
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The French anti-terrorist park announced in months that it requested a new international arrest warrant against former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for the deaths of Syrian chemical weapons in 2013, after the French court cancelled a first arrest warrant on Friday, AFP reported by Agerpres.
·Romania
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This decision, announced this Monday, July 28, comes a few days after the Court of Cassation quashed another arrest warrant against the former Syrian president, for deadly chemical attacks in 2013.
·Paris, France
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This request comes only a few days after the annulment of a first mandate by the Court of Cassation on Friday.
·Paris, France
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