Syria Sued Over Islamic State Slaying of Journalist Foley

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Syria Sued Over Islamic State Slaying of Journalist Foley
July 11, 2018 BRITAIN EAKIN

WASHINGTON (CN) – The family of James Foley — a journalist who was tortured and beheaded by the Islamic State group in 2014 — brought a $200 million complaint Tuesday to hold the Syrian government liable.

Represented by Steven Perles, Foley’s mother, father and three siblings contend that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s government “facilitated” the rise of IS from its precursor groups, including the al-Nusra Front and the Islamic State of Iraq.

“The Assad regime provided Daesh with material support at crucial times during its metastasis from an isolated group of terrorists into a quasi-terrorist ‘state’ that subsequently kidnapped, tortured, and beheaded James Wright Foley,” the 21-page complaint says, using an alternative name for IS.

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