The Cour de Cassation upheld Assad’s head-of-state immunity, but added that since he is no longer in office, “new arrest warrants may have been or may be issued against him for acts that may ...

Syria will hold parliamentary elections in September, the head of a body tasked with organising the election process told ...

New legal proceedings have been set in motion against Syria’s former president Bashar al-Assad, after France’s top court cleared the way for prosecution now that he no longer holds office.

France's highest court is ruling Friday on whether it can strip the head of state immunity of Bashar Assad, the former leader ...

FILE - In this Dec. 9, 2010 file photo, then-Syrian President Bashar al-Assad addresses reporters at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere, File) ...

France's highest court has overturned an arrest warrant issued in 2023 for the former Syrian president. However, it found that he can now be prosecuted, as he is no longer in office.

Video shows ex-top officials including former mufti and intelligence chief facing charges of murder and torture under ...

ISTANBUL, July 28 (Bernama-Anadolu) -- Syria plans to hold its first parliamentary elections under the new leadership between Sept 15 and 20 following the fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime, Anadolu ...

-- President Bashar al-Assad of Syria is the center of attention in the aftermath of a United States airstrike against a Syrian air base where a chemical attack was initiated earlier this week.

France's Court of Cassation Friday annulled a French arrest warrant against former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad as part of a probe into deadly 2013 chemical attacks during the country's civil war, ...

French investigators have since 2021 been looking into a suspected Syrian government sarin gas attack that killed more than 1,000 people, according to US intelligence French prosecutors said Monday ...

Shaibani thanks Moscow for denouncing Israeli strikes on Syria, hopes for warm ties despite Putin's backing for former dictator; Lavrov invites Sharaa to summit with Arab League ...