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Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad and his brother Maher are being prosecuted in France for complicity in crimes against humanity and war crimes.
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Assad brothers charged with complicity in crimes against humanity

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, his brother Maher and two other generals, Ghassan Abbas and Bassam al-Hassan, are the subject of an international arrest warrant issued by the French judiciary, revealed on November 14. They are charged with complicity in crimes against humanity and complicity in war crimes for chemical attacks in 2013. This is yet […]
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