France issues arrest warrant for Bashar Al-Assad

Published November 15th, 2023 - 09:49 GMT
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Syrian president Bashar al-Assad attending an emergency meeting of the Arab League and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), in Riyadh. (Photo by SAUDI PRESS AGENCY / AFP)

ALBAWABA - According to AFP, France has issued an international arrest warrant for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, accused of complicity in crimes against humanity over chemical attacks in 2013, a judicial source and plaintiffs in the case said Wednesday.

al-Assad is also accused of complying in war crimes for the attacks, blamed by the opposition on the regime, that killed more than 1,400 people near Damascus in August 2013.