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Syria court sentences Bashar al-Assad sentenced to death in absentia
A Syrian court has sentenced ousted dictator 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 Moscow with his family after his regime was overthrown in December 2024, ending his family's five-decade grip on power.
Assad's cousin and the former head of political security in southern Syria's Deraa province, Atef Najib, was also sentenced to death. He had been put on trial and appeared wearing a striped prison uniform inside a cage in the courtroom as the judge read out his sentence.
Syria sentences absent former leader Bashar al-Assad to death over killings and torture
Bashar al-Assad now lives in Moscow after fleeing Syria in December 2024. (Reuters: SANA)
Ousted Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad has been sentenced to death after a trial in absentia convicted him of crimes including killings, torture, and arbitrary arrest.
His cousin, Atef Najib, who is a former security official, was also sentenced to death in Damascus.
Assad, who now lives in Moscow, is expected to fight any efforts of Syria's new authorities to extradite him.
A Syrian court has sentenced ousted leader Bashar al-Assad to death after a trial in absentia, convicting him of a range of crimes including killings, torture, and arbitrary arrest during the country's nearly 14-year war.
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Syrian court sentences Bashar al-Assad to death for war crimes
Verdict relates to atrocities committed during the country’s 14-year civil war in which about 500,000 people died
A Syrian court has sentenced the country’s former president Bashar al-Assad and his brother Maher to death in absentia for crimes against humanity and war crimes during the 14-year civil war, in which about half a million people died.
The two men fled to Moscow after being ousted by a lightning rebel offensive in December 2024 which toppled the dictatorial regime in just 11 days.
The former president and his brother, who commanded the feared fourth division and was considered the regime’s top security official, oversaw a brutal crackdown in which government forces killed, arrested and tortured indiscriminately to crush protests that started in 2011.
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