Syria ready to open government records to EU investigators of Assad regime’s war crimes
LONDON: The government of the Syrian Arab Republic has offered to cooperate with EU members in investigating individuals from the ousted Bashar Assad regime who are complicit in war crimes during the civil war, which lasted from 2011 to 2024.
The Syrian Interior Ministry announced its readiness to grant access to European investigators to official government records, witnesses, and crime scenes to help achieve justice for victims of the Assad regime’s violent suppression of protests.
The spokesman for the Syrian Interior Ministry, Nour Eddin al-Baba, announced that authorities would soon release a list of approximately 1,000 wanted individuals, which includes former officers and officials, according to the Syrian Arab News Agency.
He said that many former members of the Assad regime, who were part of the security agencies, are now living in Europe, including Sweden, where authorities have identified 15 of these individuals.
