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Syria ready to open government records to EU investigators of Assad regime’s war crimes

LONDON: The government of the Syrian Arab Republic has offered to cooperate with EU members in investigating individuals from the ousted Bashar Assad regime who are complicit in war crimes during the civil war, which lasted from 2011 to 2024. The Syrian Interior Ministry announced its readiness to grant access to European investigators to official government records, witnesses, and crime scenes to help achieve justice for victims of the Assad regime’s violent suppression of protests.