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France, Bashar al-Assad and Cour de Cassation

The Independent on MSN · 14h

France’s highest court upholds some of Bashar Assad’s legal protections, but permits future warrants

France’s highest court on Friday upheld some of Syrian ex-leader Bashar Assad’s personal immunity as a head of state while green-lighting possible future war crime warrants, drawing criticism from human rights lawyers and Syrian activists.

Euronews on MSN · 1d

France's highest court upholds some of former Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad's legal protections

The Cour de Cassation upheld Assad’s head-of-state immunity, but added that since he is no longer in office, “new arrest warrants may have been or may be issued against him for acts that may constitute war crimes or crimes against humanity.

Bashar al-Assad: France's highest court upholds personal immunity for sitting heads of state

France's highest court has overturned an arrest warrant issued in 2023 for the former Syrian president. However, it found that he can now be prosecuted, as he is no longer in office.

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Southern Syria exploded into the worst violence of post-Assad era. What that means for the region's future

Seven months of relative calm in Syria came to a bloody end last week, when what began as local skirmishes escalated into the ...

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Assad is gone. But can Syrians go home?

After over a decade in exile, many Syrians living abroad are contemplating what was once unthinkable: going home. But what ...

Al-Monitor on MSN1d

France's top court annuls arrest warrant against Syria's Assad

France's highest court Friday annulled a French arrest warrant against Syria's ex-president Bashar al-Assad -- issued before ...

Bloomberg on MSN1d

Syrian Sectarian Strife Threatens to Upend Post-Assad Transition

Assad's fall, deadly sectarian clashes in southwestern Syria have exposed one of the biggest challenges to the country's ...

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A Long, Overdue Reporting Trip Through Syria

Also in our car was Hwaida Saad, a longtime Lebanon reporter for The Times who had covered Syria in depth and with great ...

Warfronts on MSN2d

The Fall of Assad: How Syria’s Regime Collapsed in Days

After nearly 14 years of civil war, Syria's Assad regime crumbled in a stunning series of rebel advances culminating in the ...

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