Former leader of Syria is being accused of war crimes, crimes against humanity, murders, participation and deliberate attack on the civilian population by the army.
France has issued a new arrest warrant for the former President of Syria, Bashar Assad, in connection with charges of war crimes committed in 2017.
Two investigating judges in France have issued an arrest warrant for Bashar Assad, the ousted leader of Syria, on suspicions related to war crimes, marking the second attempt by French judicial authorities.
Assad, overthrown by a swift attack by the Syrian opposition by the end of last year, was found responsible on Monday as the "commander-in-chief of the armed forces" for a bomb explosion in 2017 that occurred in the city of Deraa in Syria.
The warrant was issued within the investigation of the case of 59-year-old Salah Abu Nabout, a French citizen and former French teacher of Syrian origin, who died as a result of his house being bombed by Syrian army helicopters on June 7, 2017.
According to sources, the French justice system considers Assad to have ordered and provided the means for this attack.
Six high-ranking officials of the Syrian army have become targets of arrest warrants by France in an investigation that started in 2018.
"This case represents the pinnacle of a long struggle for justice that my family and I have believed in from the beginning,” said Omar Abu Nabout, the son of the deceased.
He expressed hope for "the trial to take place and for the criminals to be arrested and sentenced, regardless of their location."
Abdullah Sayid
