France issues arrest warrant for Syria’s Assad over 2012 bombing that killed two journalists

France on Tuesday issued arrest warrants for Syria’s ousted president Bashar al-Assad and six other former officials for the 2012 bombing of the city of Homs that killed two journalists. Rights groups said the warrants pave the way for a trial in France for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by Assad’s regime.

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