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France Issues Seven Arrest Warrants for Assad and Ex-Syrian Officials Over 2012 Homs Press Center Attack

The move crowns a 13-year probe into the deliberate bombing of a Homs press center.

L’ancien président syrien Bachar Al Assad réfugié en Russie, (ici en janvier 2005) est visé par un mandat d’arrêt en France, ont annoncé des avocats des parties civiles, mardi 2 septembre 2025.
Bachar al-Assad a fui la capitale syrienne, Damas, le 8 décembre.
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Overview

  • Paris investigating judges signed the warrants on August 19, with victims’ lawyers making them public on September 2.
  • The orders allege complicity in war crimes and crimes against humanity for the shelling that killed Marie Colvin and Rémi Ochlik in Homs on February 22, 2012.
  • Those named include Bashar al-Assad, Maher al-Assad, Ali Mamlouk, Ali Ayoub, Rafik Shahada, Ghassan Bilal and Mohammed Zeitoun.
  • Investigators and partner NGOs say the attack formed part of a plan to target foreign journalists to curtail reporting from the city.
  • Assad’s 2024 ouster ended head-of-state immunity that had stymied a prior warrant, though arrest remains unlikely as he is in Russia and his precise whereabouts are unconfirmed.