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France issues arrest warrant for Syrian president Bashar al-Assad
A French court has issued arrest warrants for seven former top Syrian officials, including former President Bashar al-Assad, for the bombing of a press center in Homs in 2012 that killed two journalists. The warrants were issued in connection with the attack on February 22, 2012, which killed renowned US journalist Marie Colvin and French […]
French Court to Decide on Bashar al-Assad’s Fate
France’s highest court, the Cour de Cassation, is set to rule on whether Bashar al-Assad, the toppled Syrian leader in exile in Russia, can be stripped of his state immunity due to the sheer scale of evidence documenting accusations against him. This decision could pave the way for his trial in absentia over the use […]
French Court Orders Release of Lebanese Militant After 40 Years
A French court has ruled in favor of releasing Lebanese militant Georges Ibrahim Abdallah, 74, after serving nearly 40 years of a life sentence for his involvement in the 1982 murders of US military attaché Charles Robert Ray and Israeli diplomat Yacov Barsimantov in Paris. Abdallah, the former head of the Lebanese Armed Revolutionary Brigade, […]