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

A Damascus court sentenced exiled former Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad and other officials to death on murder, torture, false imprisonment charges.

Bashar Assad and his brother were sentenced for crimes against humanity during Syria's 14-year conflict that left about half a million people dead.

The judge who sentenced Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia last week was himself sentenced to death in ...

A Syrian court sentenced ousted leader Bashar al-Assad to death on Tuesday ⁠after ⁠a trial in absentia, convicting him of crimes including killings, ⁠torture, and arbitrary arrest during the country's ...

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 ...

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Former grand mufti Ahmad Badreddine Hassoun, an Assad loyalist who was vocally in support of the government's policies, was ...

Bashar al-Assad is the former president of Syria who held power for decades before his government was overthrown during a rebel offensive. Assad fled to Moscow and was granted political asylum after ...

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.

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

DAMASCUS, Syria — A former Islamic religious leader was sentenced to life in prison on Monday in the latest Syrian court ...