French court issues arrest warrant for Bashar al-Assad for complicity in war crimes
by Kim Willsher in Paris from World news | The Guardian on (#6GD4D)
Three others also subject to warrants over use of sarin gas in two attacks in Syria in August 2013 that killed more than 1,000 people
A French court has issued an international arrest warrant for the Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad for complicity in war crimes against humanity linked to chemical weapon attacks on civilians.
Three others - including Assad's brother Maher, head of an elite army unit - are also subject to warrants over the use of banned sarin gas in two attacks in August 2013 that killed more than 1,000 people, including hundreds of children.
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