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The International Criminal Court (ICC) has accepted the criminal lawsuit filed by the coalition against Syrian regime President Bashar Al-Assad for war crimes and crimes against humanity, the head of the legal committee in the National Coalition for the Syrian Revolution and Opposition Forces said.
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In an interview with Quds Press, Haitham Al-Maleh said the coalition’s legal committee has filed a criminal complaint with the prosecutor’s office of the International Criminal Court against Bashar Al-Assad, his brother Maher and nearly 126 military officials.
He said their acceptance of it is “very important” in order to hold the perpetrators of crimes in Syria accountable.
