Human rights groups said Tuesday they have filed a criminal complaint in Germany asking prosecutors to investigate two chemical weapons attacks in Syria that stand out as among the worst atrocities in the country's long-running conflict.
Three groups, including Syrian human rights organizations and international legal campaigners, want Germany's attorney-general to probe the deadly sarin attacks on the Damascus suburb of Eastern Ghouta and the town of Khan Shaykhun that occurred in 2013 and 2017 respectively.
They argue there is plentiful evidence to blame the Syrian government for the attacks, including President Bashar Assad.