PARIS: French judicial authorities have issued arrest warrants for ousted Syrian President Bashar Assad and six other top former officials over the bombardment of a rebel-held city in 2012 that killed two journalists, lawyers said on Tuesday. Marie Colvin, 56, an American working for The Sunday Times of Britain, and French photographer Remi Ochlik, 28, were killed on Feb. 22, 2012 by the explosion in the eastern city of Homs, which is being investigated by the French judiciary as a potential crime against humanity as well as a war crime.

Des juges d’instruction du tribunal judiciaire de Paris ont aussi émis des mandats d’arrêt contre six anciens dignitaires du régime syrien pour complicité de crimes de guerre et…

French judges have issued arrest warrants for seven former senior Syrian officials, including ousted dictator Bashar Assad, over the 2012 bombing of a...