In exile in Russia, but ultimately surrounded by justice? The deposed Syrian president, Bashar Al-Assad, is the target of a new arrest warrant for complicity in war crimes, issued on Tuesday, January 21, by two French judges from the “crimes against humanity” division of the Paris judicial court . On June 7, 2017, the bombing of a civilian housing area blamed on the regime in the city of Deraa, in southwest Syria, killed Salah Abou Nabout, a 59-year-old Franco-Syrian national, former French teacher.
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Six senior dignitaries of the Syrian army are already the subject of arrest warrants for complicity in war crimes, as part of this judicial investigation, opened in 2018, after a complaint filed by Omar Abou Nabout, son of the victim. “This case represents the culmination of a long fight for justice, in which I and my family believed from the start”reacted Omar Abou Nabout, who hopes that“a trial will take place and the perpetrators will be arrested and tried, wherever they are”.
-His father's home had been hit by barrel bombs (a mixture of explosives, scrap metal and fuel aimed at causing as much human damage as possible). The house also housed a community school intended to allow children to continue attending classes despite the destruction of educational establishments. In June 2017, this bombing campaign led by the air force left dozens of civilians dead in Deraa, the cradle of the revolt against the regime in 2011, which escaped its control.
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