Names withheld – Syrian officials
Context
Ongoing investigation for international crimes committed in Syria in 2017 against a French-Syrian national
Type of jurisdiction
Passive personality
Suspects
Syrian officials
Country of residence of suspects
Syria
Charges
War crime of deliberately attacking civilians
Current status
Under investigation
Facts
On 7 June 2017, the city of Deraa, and more particularly the neighborhood of Tareq al-Sad, was heavily bombed by the Syrian army. This attack, targeted against civil infrastructures, claimed the life of Salah Abou Nabout, a French-Syrian national.
Procedure
In 2017, a complaint was filed before the Paris Tribunal by Omar Abou Nabout, on behalf of his father, Salah Abou Nabout. Since then, a judicial investigation has been opened, and multiple witnesses and experts have been heard by the judges.
DEVELOPMENTS IN 2022
On 14 June 2022, the investigative judges requested the Paris prosecutor’s position on the issuance of international arrest warrants against certain Syrian officials for the war crime of deliberately attacking civilians committed in the city of Deraa on 7 June 2017.
