Syria Issues Arrest Warrant for Former President Bashar Al-Assad
An anti-government fighter tears down a portrait of Bashar Al-Assad in Aleppo.
Photographer: Mohammed Al-Rifai/Getty ImagesSyria issued an arrest warrant for former Syrian president Bashar Al-Assad, paving the way for the circulation of the order to Interpol to allow for international action.
The warrant cites charges including premeditated murder, torture leading to death, and the deprivation of liberty, according to the state-run Sana, and is based on lawsuits submitted by the families of victims in the southern governorate of Deraa over events that occurred in November 2011.