From Syrian judge issues arrest warrant for Assad over November 2011 incidents in Daraa
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Then-president Bashar al-Assad, center, waves to his supporters at a polling station during presidential elections in the town of Douma, near the Syrian capital of Damascus, May 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)
A Syrian judge issues an arrest warrant in absentia against former ruler Bashar al-Assad over incidents that occurred in November 2011 in the city of Daraa.
Investigating Judge Tawfiq al-Ali says the warrants include premeditated murder, torture leading to death, and deprivation of liberty, according to the SANA state-owned news agency.
The judge is probing a lawsuit by families of victims of incidents that took place on November 23, 2011, in Daraa, amid the country’s brutal civil war.
Assad fled to Moscow in December when rebel forces overthrew his regime.
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