Syrian court sentences former president's cousin Wasim Al Assad to death
A Syrian court has sentenced former president Bashar Al Assad's cousin Wasim Al Assad to death, state media reported. The ruling was issued by the Fourth Criminal Court in Damascus, which convicted him of premeditated murder. Security forces captured Wasim Al Assad in a major breakthrough in June. The Interior Ministry described him at the time as leader of the Baath Brigades militia and “one of…
A Syrian court has sentenced Waseem Al Assad, the second cousin of former President Bashar Al Assad, to death for murder and torture during the country's civil war. This marks the fourth member of the Al Assad family to receive a death sentence from the Damascus court, which began issuing verdicts this month in cases related to the 2011-2024 conflict.
Waseem Al Assad, who served as the leader of the Baath Brigades militia, is believed to have amassed a personal fortune, like many other regime commanders. The court ordered the confiscation of his assets. Waseem Al Assad was arrested in June last year and was the first senior Assad-era official Lebanon has returned to Syria following the regime's fall.
Lebanon will hand over retired Maj Gen Adel Issa, another former regime official wanted on charges of murder and torture, to Damascus.
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