On 19 November, the Higher Regional Court of Koblenz initiated a new trial concerning crimes committed under the Assad regime in Syria, which, for the first time, will examine the famine and siege of Yarmouk, a former Palestinian refugee camp in Damascus. The case concerns four alleged members of the Syrian militia “Free Palestine Movement” (FPM)...
In May 2024, the French justice system marked a milestone in the fight against international impunity by sentencing three senior Syrian regime officials to life imprisonment in absentia for war crimes and crimes against humanity. The case, centred on the disappearance and murder of French-Syrian citizens Patrick and Mazen Dabbagh, represents one of the most...
French justice issued an arrest warrant for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and other senior army officers over chemical attacks in Syria in 2013 France issued an arrest warrant for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and other senior army officers, accused of complicity in crimes against humanity and war crimes over chemical attacks in Syria in 2013 that...
