Who are the nine Assad regime officials sentenced to death in Syria?
Fifteen years after the first anti-regime protests, a court in Damascus has sentenced former president Bashar Al Assad and eight ex-officials to death. Among those to receive the death penalty is Atef Najib, who previously served as head of the Political Security Branch in Deraa, and Maher Al Assad, the brother of the former president who led army units. Najib was tried in person, with the others…
In Syria, a court in Damascus delivered a death sentence to ten officials from the Assad regime, fifteen years after the first protests against the government. Former President Bashar Al Assad, who took power at the age of 34 in 2000, was among those convicted of war crimes and crimes against humanity, including the use of chemical weapons.
His brother, Maher Al Assad, who led the army units, was also sentenced to death. Other officials sentenced to death include Atef Najib, the head of the Political Security Branch in Deraa, and Maher Al Assad's cousin, Atif Najib. Additional convicts include Fahd Jassem Al Freij, the former Defence Minister, and Mohammad Ayman Ayoush, a brigadier general in the security apparatus.
Louay Ali Al Ali, a senior military intelligence officer, and Qusay Ibrahim Mihoub, another brigadier general in the air force intelligence, were also sentenced. Wafiq Saleh Nasser and Talal Fares Al Aysami, both brigadier generals in the military intelligence, were convicted of their roles in suppressing the 2011 protests.
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