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French government issues arrest warrant for Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad for complicity in war crimes

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The French government has issued an arrest warrant for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for the alleged use of chemical weapons against civilians in the war-torn nation, a media report said citing a judicial source. This is the first time that a nation has issued an arrest warrant for crimes against humanity for a sitting head of state in another country.