The ex-president is convicted of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity during the country's civil war.

The 60-year-old, who was president of Syria for 24 years until 2024 before fleeing to Moscow, was found guilty of crimes including killings, torture, and arbitrary arrest.

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — A Syrian court sentenced ousted Syrian President Bashar Assad along with his younger brother to death in absentia on Tuesday for crimes against humanity and war crimes during ...

The ruling against Assad is the first under the transitional authorities who this year began trying figures from the former government, both in person and in absentia.

A Syrian court on Tuesday sentenced ousted former President Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia after it convicted him on counts of murder, torture and crimes against humanity before and after the ...

Assad, his brother Maher al-Assad and cousin Atef Najib have been sentenced to death after being convicted of crimes during the country’s nearly 14-year war. The Fourth Criminal Court in Damascus on ...

In July, a Syrian court sentenced former dictator Bashar Assad to death for crimes against his own people. But after 14 years ...

The latest sentence against Wassim al-Assad comes a week after ousted President Bashar al-Assad was sentenced to death ...

A Syrian criminal court in Damascus has sentenced ousted president Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia after finding him guilty of killings, torture, arbitrary arrests and crimes against humanity ...

Syria’s former president Bashar al-Assad has been sentenced to death in absentia over war crimes and crimes against humanity during the civil war.

Syria sentences Bashar al-Assad to death for crimes against humanity during the 14-year civil war, as he remains in Moscow.

Former Syrian president Bashar al Assad has been sentenced to death in absentia for crimes against humanity and war crimes, following a ruling by a court in the country.