French court upholds arrest warrant for Syria’s Bashar al-Assad | Syria’s War News

French court upholds arrest warrant for Syria’s Bashar al-Assad | Syria’s War News

Counterterrorism prosecutors failed to have warrant annulled on grounds that al-Assad enjoys immunity as head of state. 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…