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

A Syrian court has sentenced ousted President Bashar Assad and his brother to death in absentia for crimes against humanity ...

Verdict relates to atrocities committed during the country’s 14-year civil war in which about 500,000 people died ...

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.

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 ...

(CNN) — The judge who sentenced Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia last week was himself sentenced to death in absentia by the same regime years earlier. Irony in its purest form.

After a Damascus court sentenced him to death in absentia, an extradition treaty signed by Bashar Assad with Russia provides a legal avenue for seeking his return—but the death sentence itself could ...

Former Syrian president Bashar al Assad has been sentenced to death in absentia for crimes against humanity and war crimes, ...

It was the first Syrian conviction against Assad, who was ousted in 2024 and fled to Russia, ending decades of his family's ...

A Syrian court on Tuesday sentenced ousted president Bashar al-Assad in absentia to death on charges of premeditated murder, torture, arbitrary detention and crimes against humanity. Al-Assad is ...

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