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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Nicholas Cecil

Bashar al-Assad will face justice within four years for his Syria regime horrors, says war crimes investigator

Bashar Assad and thousands of his henchmen will face trial for the horrific regime inflicted on the Syrian people, says a leading war crimes investigator.

Assad was given refuge in Moscow by Vladimir Putin after fleeing Syria when his regime collapsed as rebel forces, led by Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, swept across the country in early December.

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