French foreign minister Colonna calls for Syria's al-Assad to be put on trial

France's Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna said during a TV interview in France that the Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad should be prosecuted for his actions during the country's civil war. REUTERS - AZIZ KARIMOV

France's Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna on Tuesday called for the Syrian president Bashar al-Assad to be prosecuted for ordering the use of chemical weapons and the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Syrians during the country's civil war.

Colonna hit out at Assad during an interview with the French broadcaster France 2.