Syria: Court sentences Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia in landmark trial

Syria: Court sentences Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia in landmark trial Submitted by MEE staff on Tue, 08/11/2026 - 09:46 Damascus court sentences Syria's former ruler, his brother Maher and ex-security official Najib to death on charges of murder, torture and crimes against humanity A portrait of former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad with its frame broken at a Political Security Branch facility on the outskirts of Hama, 7 December 2024 (Omar Haj Kadour/AFP) Off A Damascus court sentenced Syria's former...