Bashar al-Assad will face justice for horrors of his Syria regime, says war crimes investigator

Bashar Assad and thousands of his henchmen will face trial for the horrific regime inflicted on the Syrian people, says a leading war crimes investigator.Assad was given refuge in Moscow by Vladimir Putin after fleeing Syria when his regime collapsed as rebel forces, led by Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, swept across the country in early December.However, Bill Wiley, a Canadian lawyer and director of the Commission for International Justice and Accountability, believes that in coming years Russia will hand over the tyrant to face justice.“I do think it will happen,” he told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme.“I have a bet with a former member of our board who is a very close friend that it will happen not later than January 1, 2028, he will become a liability to Moscow at some point, he has no value to them.”As to where Assad could face justice, he added: “It can happen in any juridiction, it can happen in Syria, it could happen in a western country, perhaps an international court, tribunal, will be established to deal with this situation.“But he will face justice and more immediately, this is the ‘bigger than Nuremberg thing’, you have got thousands of perpetrators on the run now and these men are going to turn up.”