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Syrian court sentences Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia for crimes against humanity

MercoPress · 1h ago · 🇷🇺 Russia

Syrian court sentences Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia for crimes against humanity

A criminal court in Damascus sentenced former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia on Tuesday for premeditated murder, torture, arbitrary detention and crimes against humanity. Assad was ousted in December 2024 and is living in exile in Moscow. It is the first public sentence handed down against the man who governed Syria for more than two decades.

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