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France’s top court annuls arrest warrant against Syria’s Assad
PARIS: France’s highest court Friday annulled a French arrest warrant against Syria’s ex-president Bashar Assad — issued before his ouster — over 2013 deadly chemical attacks. The Court of Cassation ruled there were no exceptions to presidential immunity, even for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity. But its presiding judge, Christophe Soulard, added that, as Assad was no longer president after an Islamist-led group toppled him in December, “new arrest warrants can have been, or can be, issued against him” and as such the investigation into the case could continue.
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aljazeera.com
French court to decide if al-Assad can be tried for Syrian chemical attacks
The ruling might set a precedent to allow prosecution of other government leaders linked to atrocities.
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lemonde.fr
Le mandat d’arrêt français visant l’ex-président syrien Bachar Al-Assad pour des attaques chimiques annulé par la Cour de cassation
En novembre 2023, deux juges d’instruction parisiennes spécialisées avaient émis un mandat d’arrêt pour complicité de crimes contre l’humanité et de crimes de guerre contre le…
