Syria Sentences Former President al-Assad to Death for Crimes Against Humanity

The former president was convicted of crimes against humanity during the country’s civil war, the first verdict since he fled to Russia in 2024.

A Syrian court has sentenced former ruler Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia, after convicting him over charges of 'war crimes' and 'crimes against humanity'

Bashar al-Assad gets death sentence by local Syrian courtSyria's former president and ousted dictator Bashar al-Assad and Atef Najib, the former head of political security in the southern province of Deraa, have been sentenced to death by a criminal court in Damascus.According to the Daily Mail, the court on Tuesday co

The court convicted Bashar al-Assad, who was ousted in December 2024, over charges of "war crimes" and "crimes against humanity" during the Syrian civil war.

If Maj. Gen. Adel Issa is sent to his home country, it will be the first time Beirut has handed back an Assad-era official. Since the ouster, dozens of members of Assad’s security agencies blamed for atrocities have been arrested and put on trial in Syria.

Lebanese authorities have detained a former senior Syrian military officer who commanded an army division under ousted President Bashar Assad