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France Targets Assad Regime with Arrest WarrantsSeven arrest warrants issued for 2012 bombing killing two journalists in Homs amid ongoing war crimes probes.
Key FactsSep 2, 2025 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
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Summary created with AI assistance · Source: thenationalnews.com
- A French court issued arrest warrants against Bashar Al Assad and six former senior Syrian officials for a 2012 bombing in Homs.
- The attack killed US journalist Marie Colvin and French photographer Remi Ochlik and was determined to be a deliberate strike on foreign press.
- The suspects face charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity, supported by evidence from Syrian activists and witnesses.
- France has now issued 21 arrest warrants targeting senior Syrian officials, removing immunity previously granted to Assad as head of state.
The judicial investigation clearly established that the attack on the informal press centre in Bab Amr was part of the Syrian regime's explicit intention to target foreign journalists in order to limit media coverage of its crimes and force them to leave the city and the country.— Syrian lawyer and activist Mazen Darwish about the attack on journalists.
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