2 weeks ago - For nearly 14 years the Syrian people have suffered unimaginable horrors as the government, led by President Bashar al-Assad, perpetrated crimes against humanity and war crimes, brazenly violating countless international norms and treaties. For millions of Syrians the overthrow of the Assad ...

2 weeks ago - Two former high-ranking Syrian ... with war crimes for allegedly torturing Americans and other civilians who were deemed enemies by the Syrian government and held in a military prison, the Department of Justice said Monday. US prosecutors say the two officials in former President Bashar al-Assad’s regime ...

2 weeks ago - A coalition of Syrian rebels say they have toppled the government of President Bashar al-Assad and captured the Syrian capital of Damascus.

2 weeks ago - One can only rejoice in the demise of the regime of Bashar al-Assad. Much is uncertain about Syria’s future, but there is no question that the 24 years of Assad’s rule, preceded by 30 years under his comparably brutal father, Hafez al-Assad, have been utter hell for the Syrian people. No crime ...

2 weeks ago - Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad has been ousted as opposition forces quickly took Damascus. Atlantic Council experts share their insights.

2 weeks ago - Under the rule of Bashar al-Assad, and before him his father Hafez al-Assad, Syrians have been subjected to a horrifying catalogue of human rights violations that caused untold human suffering on a vast scale. This included attacks with chemical weapons, barrel bombs, and other war crimes, as well ...

2 weeks ago - President Bashar al-Assad and his father, Hafez al-Assad, combined to rule Syria for more than 50 years, always with an iron fist that crushed dissent and relied on the country's feared security forces.

2 weeks ago - We do not report in detail on war ... of the laws of armed conflict and the Geneva Conventions and crimes against humanity even though we do not describe them in these reports. The Bashar al Assad regime faces imminent collapse....

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September 5, 2024 - The court also concluded that “insofar as it seems obvious that Syria will never prosecute Bashar al-Assad for these crimes, that it will never waive the personal immunity of its President, and insofar as no international courts have jurisdiction, Syria not being a party to the Rome Statute, ...

July 26, 2024 - France's top appeals court has ruled that an arrest warrant for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad issued for alleged complicity in crimes and humanity and war crimes is valid, lawyers say.

July 1, 2024 - A Paris appeals court has upheld the validity of an arrest warrant issued for the Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad over alleged complicity in war crimes committed during the country’s civil war, according to lawyers.

June 27, 2024 - The Paris appeals court on Wednesday ruled that an international arrest warrant for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad issued by France for alleged complicity in war crimes during Syria’s civil war is…

June 27, 2024 - An international arrest warrant issued against Bashar al-Assad for alleged complicity in war crimes during Syria's civil war remains valid, a Paris court has ruled.

June 26, 2024 - The Paris appeals court has ruled that an international arrest warrant for Syrian President Bashar Assad issued by France for alleged complicity in war crimes during Syria’s civil war is valid and remains in place.

May 25, 2024 - This trial was the first in France relating to crimes committed by the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad.

May 17, 2024 - The French National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor's Office has requested that the arrest warrant, issued in November 2023, be annuled, on the grounds of absolute personal immunity for sitting heads of state.