Ex Syria Dictator Bashar al-Assad sentenced to death  — a look back at his reign of terror

A Syrian court in the country’s capital city of Damascus laid down a historic ruling on Aug. 11 — convicting the country’s former dictator President Bashar al-Assad with crimes against humanity — and sentencing him to death. Assad, who led the country during Syria’s nearly 14-year revolutionary conflict, abandoned his generals and fled the besieged...