Swiss to Try Syrian President’s Uncle for War Crimes

FILE - Former Syrian military commander Rifaat Assad, shown here in Paris on Nov. 15, 2011, will be tried in Switzerland for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity, Swiss prosecutors said on March 12, 2024.

Swiss prosecutors referred Rifaat Assad — the uncle of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad — for trial for war crimes and crimes against humanity that he allegedly committed as a military commander in 1982.