Former Syria dictator Bashar al-Assad sentenced to death over 'war atrocities'

Former Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad has been sentenced to death over war atrocities.A Syrian court has convicted the ousted dictator and handed him a death sentence in absentia for war crimes, crimes against humanity, premeditated murder, torture, arbitrary detention, and the killing of children during the country's devastating civil war.The ruling marks the first criminal conviction against the former president, whose family dominated Syria for more than half a century before being toppled in December 2024.His younger brother Maher al-Assad, who commanded the regime's feared Fourth Division, received the same sentence, along with six other former military and security figures including ex-defence minister Fahd al-Freij.Assad's cousin...

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