Syria: Issuance of Arrest Warrant in Absentia for Bashar al-Assad over Daraa Events

The Seventh Investigative Judge in Damascus, Tawfiq al-Ali, issued an arrest warrant in absentia against former President Bashar al-Assad, related to the events in Daraa on November 23, 2011, according to SANA news agency.اضافة اعلان

Judge al-Ali stated on Saturday that the warrant includes charges of premeditated murder, torture leading to death, and deprivation of liberty. The judicial decision allows the warrant to be circulated through Interpol and enables the case to be pursued at the international level.