Top French Court Closes Torture Case Against UAE Leader

France's top criminal court on Wednesday rejected attempts to reopen an investigation into the president of the United Arab Emirates over his alleged complicity in torture in Yemen.

The Court of Cassation confirmed a lower-court decision to close a probe into Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, which began after a complaint by a human rights group and six Yemenites in 2018.

The plaintiffs had appealed against the decision to drop the case against "MBZ" because he benefits from diplomatic immunity.

The court ruled that there were "no grounds to accept an appeal".

UAE forces have joined Saudi Arabia in the controversial conflict in Yemen, where the two Gulf allies were involved in crimes against humanity.