The images were extremely distressing, and Western intelligence services concluded that Syrian government forces did use chemical weapons on its own people, a charge denied by the government.

這些畫面極其令人痛心，西方情報部門認為，敘利亞政府軍確實對自己的人民使用了化學武器，但政府否認了這一指控。

A group of survivors from the attack in 2013 on the eastern Ghouta region, just south east of the capital, Damascus, are seeking justice in French courts.

2013年首都大馬士革東部古塔地區遭到襲擊，一群倖存者正在法國法院尋求正義。

Lawyers representing about a dozen survivors have filed a criminal complaint against Syrian officials, whom they blame for the deaths of hundreds of civilians in a rebel held area.

代表十幾名倖存者的律師對敘利亞官員提出了刑事訴訟，他們指責敘利亞官員在叛軍控制區造成數百名平民死亡。

France is home to thousands of Syrian refugees, and it's investigating.

法國是數千名敘利亞難民的家園，它正在調查。

Judges have a mandate to determine whether crimes against humanity were committed anywhere in the world.

法官的任務是確定在世界任何地方是否發生了危害人類罪。

The case follows a similar one opened in Germany last year, and it's expected another case will be opened in Sweden in the coming months.

繼去年德國開庭審理類似案件後，預計未來幾個月內，瑞典還將開庭審理另一起案件。

It offers a rare legal avenue for action against the government of President Bashar al Assad.

它為針對巴沙爾-阿薩德總統的政府採取行動提供了一個罕見的法律途徑。

Attempts by Western powers to set up an international tribunal for Syria have been blocked by Russia and China at the U.

西方大國試圖為敘利亞設立國際法庭的努力，在美國受到了俄羅斯和中國的阻撓。

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The complaint is based on what the lawyers say is the most comprehensive body of evidence on the use of substances such as sarin gas in Syria.

申訴的依據是律師們所說的關於在敘利亞使用沙林毒氣等物質的最全面的證據。

They include testimonies from survivors and defectors, an analysis of the Syrian military chain of command and hundreds of items of documentary evidence, including photos and videos.

其中包括倖存者和叛逃者的證詞、對敘利亞軍事指揮系統的分析以及包括照片和視頻在內的數百份文件證據。