U.S. Pushes to Try Syria Regime

(Wall Street Journal) Jay Solomon - The Obama administration is gathering information on alleged human-rights abuses by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's security forces for possible referral to the International Criminal Court in the Hague, senior U.S. officials said Friday. The U.S. is also exploring ways to more directly target Syria's oil and gas revenue. "Assad is pushing his country on the path of being a pariah state," said a senior U.S. official Friday.


2011-06-20 00:00:00

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