Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A billboard with a picture of Syria's Bashar al-Assad shows damage by bullet holes, after the ousting of Syria's Bashar al-Assad, ...

France's highest court upheld some of Syrian ex-leader Bashar al-Assad's personal immunity as a head of state on Friday while green-lighting possible future war crime warrants, drawing criticism from ...

France's court dropped Assad's warrant citing immunity, but rights groups stress the ruling still clears a path for future accountability. This statement was originally published on scm.bz While the ...

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 ...

An old law from Syria's dictatorship is making life tough for human rights and aid organizations there. Is the Syrian interim ...

French judges have issued arrest warrants for former Syrian ruler Bashar al-Assad and six top aides for the killing and wounding of a group of journalists during the Syrian civil war in 2012. Among ...

PARIS (AP) — France’s highest court on Friday upheld some of Syrian ex-leader Bashar Assad’s personal immunity as a head of state while green-lighting possible future war crime warrants, drawing ...