Investigating Judge in Damascus, Tawfiq al-Ali, said on Saturday that an arrest warrant has been issued in absentia against criminal Bashar al-Assad on charges related to the 2011 Daraa incidents.
Judge al-Ali told SANA that the arrest warrant includes charges of premeditated murder, torture leading to death, and deprivation of liberty.
The judicial decision opens the door for circulating the warrant through Interpol and pursuing the case internationally.
The step comes in response to a lawsuit filed by families of victims in Daraa related to the incidents that took place on November 23, 2011.
