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Syria’s War Crimes: Put Bashar Al-Assad on Trial

Western governments put sanctions on the Syrian president’s cronies, but that is not enough. Geoffrey Robertson on how the man killing his own people must be treated as a war criminal now.

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In this photo from the Syrian official news agency SANA, President Bashar al-Assad lays a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier during Martyrs Day in Damascus on May 6. (Photo: SANA / AP Photo)

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