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Syria requests Khaddam arrest
The Syrian government has officially asked interpol to arrest former vice President Abdul Halim Khaddam so he can face charges of treason and corruption.
- Agencies
- Published: 00:00 May 14, 2006
Damascus: The Syrian government has officially asked interpol to arrest former vice President Abdul Halim Khaddam so he can face charges of treason and corruption.
The request states that he should be turned over to Damascus so he can be questioned for charges including inciting a foreign country to attack Syria.
Khaddam, who lives in France, gave an interview in December in which he said that Syrian president Bashar Al Assad had threatened former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri just months before he was assassinated.
It is unlikely that France will agree to the request as Khaddam has lived in France since he retired last summer.
Syria has said that he will be tried in absentia if he isn't extradited.
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