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Syria Court Sentences Assad to Death

Syria Court Sentences Assad to Death

By CAUKUSE Editor on August 11, 2026 2:59 pm |

Law and Crime and Middle East

(DAMASCUS, SYRIA) – A Damascus criminal court has sentenced former Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad and his ex-political security chief Atef Najib to death after convicting them of intentional murder and torture committed during the 2011 crackdown in Daraa province, Al Jazeera reports.

The court found that the acts perpetrated by Assad’s government in the southern province constituted crimes against humanity. Najib, the former head of political security for Daraa, was convicted of both intentional murder and torture.

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