
France Lifts Arrest Warrant Against Assad Over Immunity, but Probe Continues After His Fall
This is Beirut, 25/07 17:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
France's highest court Friday annulled a French arrest warrant against Syria's ex-president Bashar al-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, ...