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France's highest court rules arrest warrant for ex-Syrian leader Assad is invalid

FILE PHOTO: 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, in Damascus, Syria, December 16, 2024. REUTERS/Ammar Awad/File Photo — Ammar Awad

PARIS (Reuters) -France's Cour de Cassation, the country's highest court, ruled on Friday that a warrant issued for former Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad was invalid.

(Reporting by Benoit Van Overstraeten, Charlotte Van Campenhout, Writing by Makini Brice)

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