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French court issues second arrest warrant for Syria's Assad

Syrian President Bashar Assad attends a summit in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, in May 2023. AP

French investigating magistrates have issued an arrest warrant for former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad over his alleged role in a 2017 bombing that killed a Franco-Syrian civilian.

The warrant, issued on 20 January, names Assad as "commander-in-chief of the armed forces" in connection with a 2017 bombing in Deraa that killed Salah Abou Nabout, a 59-year-old Franco-Syrian and former French teacher.

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