DAMASCUS, Syria -- A Syrian court Tuesday sentenced ousted President Bashar Assad and his brother to death in absentia for murder, torture and crimes against humanity committed before and during the country's 14-year civil war that left about half a million people dead.
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DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — A Syrian court sentenced in absentia ousted Syrian President Bashar Assad along with his younger brother to death on Tuesday for crimes against humanity and war crimes during Syria’s 14-year conflict that left about half a million people dead.
A Syrian court has sentenced ousted President Bashar Assad to death in absentia. The ruling comes more than a year and a half after the former dictator was overthrown and fled to Russia.
A Syrian court has sentenced ousted President Bashar Assad to death in absentia. The ruling comes more than a year and a half after the former dictator was overthrown and fled to Russia.
A Syrian court sentenced in absentia ousted Syrian President Bashar Assad along with his younger brother to death on Tuesday for crimes against humanity and war crimes during Syria’s 14-year conflict that left about half a million people dead.
DAMASCUS, Aug 11 (Reuters) - A Syrian court sentenced ousted leader Bashar al-Assad to death on Tuesday after a trial in absentia, convicting him of crimes including killings, torture, and arbitrary arrest during the country's nearly 14-year war.
DAMASCUS, Aug 11 (Reuters) - A Syrian court sentenced ousted leader Bashar al-Assad to death on Tuesday after a trial in absentia, convicting him of crimes including killings, torture, and arbitrary arrest during the country's nearly 14-year war.
A Syrian court on Tuesday sentenced former ruler Bashar al-Assad to death after a trial in absentia, convicting him of atrocities committed during the country's nearly 14-year civil war. It is the first such ruling under Syria's transitional leaders who ousted Assad in December 2024, vowing to provi…
Ousted President Bashar al-Assad and his younger brother Maher al-Assad were both sentenced to death in absentia for war crimes along with several other defendants.
Verdict relates to atrocities committed during the country’s 14-year civil war in which about 500,000 people died A Syrian court has sentenced the country’s former president Bashar al-Assad and his brother Maher to death in absentia for crimes against humanity and war crimes during the 14-year civil…
Bashar Al-Assad, who fled to Russia after he was deposed in 2024, was sentenced to death in absentia for war crimes committed during Syria’s bloody civil war.
A Syrian court has sentenced ousted President Bashar Assad and his brother Maher to death in absentia for crimes against humanity during Syria's 14-year conflict. The Fourth Criminal Court in Damascus issued the sentences Tuesday, marking the first against Assad…
Assad’s cousin Atef Najib, present in Damascus court, also given death penalty for overseeing 2011 crackdown that helped trigger uprising against regime
A Syrian court sentenced former President Bashar Assad to death, testing the new government’s relationship with Russia. Assad secretly fled Syria the night before rebels seized Damascus, taking refuge in Moscow with his family.
A Syrian court on Tuesday sentenced ousted former President Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia after it convicted him on counts of murder, torture and crimes against humanity before and after the country's civil war.
