BBC – A Syrian court has sentenced ousted Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia, after convicting him of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity during the country’s civil war.
It is the first conviction against Assad, who fled from Damascus to the Russian capital, Moscow, with his family after his regime was overthrown in December 2024.
Assad’s cousin and the former head of political security in southern Syria’s Deraa province, Atef Najib, was also sentenced to death.
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