By Chris Liakos, Claudia Colliva and Dalai Mawad | CNNFrance has issued an arrest warrant for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad over the alleged use of banned chemical weapons against civilians in Syria, a judicial source told CNN on Wednesday. This is the first international arrest warrant against Assad. “All Interpol member states should then comply with the arrest warrant,” Chammas told CNN. The Syrian government has long been accused of war crimes, but it has repeatedly insisted its strikes target “terrorists.” It has denied using chemical weapons. “We have never used our chemical arsenal in our history,” Assad said in 2017.

Source: CNN November 16, 2023 00:12 UTC