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Syria sentences Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia over atrocities

A Syrian court on Tuesday (August 11) sentenced former ruler Bashar al-Assad to death after a trial in absentia, convicting him of atrocities committed during the country's nearly 14-year civil war.

Syria sentences Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia over atrocities

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