France investigates alleged crimes against humanity by Assad regime

(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) Paris prosecutors have opened a preliminary investigation into French government accusations that Syrian President Bashar Assad's government has committed crimes against humanity between 2011-2013.
French media outlets quoted judicial sources as saying that the French investigation is based on photos of mutilated corpses taken by a former Syrian officer who fled in 2013 and focuses on atrocities allegedly committed between 2011 and 2013.
The investigation, opened this month, is in its earliest stages, they said.
It is unclear whether French investigators would travel to war-torn Syria, who might eventually be charged, and how they would be brought to trial, they added.
France launched airstrikes this week against the so-called Islamic State targets in Syria.