Syria sentences ousted president Bashar Al Assad to death in absentia
Dubai: A Syrian court on Tuesday sentenced former President Bashar Al Assad to death in absentia, alongside his brother Maher and former senior security official Atef Najib, in a landmark case linked to the violent crackdown during Syria’s 2011 uprising. The Fourth Criminal Court in Damascus handed down the sentences after a trial involving Najib, the former head of political security in the…
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