🔴 Syria court sentences Bashar al-Assad to death for crimes against humanity in absentia
Summary
A Syrian court sentenced President Bashar al-Assad and his maternal cousin to death for war crimes and crimes against humanity during Syria’s long civil war. The court trial happened without Assad being present, as he and his brother fled to Russia after rebels entered Damascus in December 2024.Key Facts
- The sentence was given by a Syrian court on Tuesday for crimes during a 14-year civil war.
- President Bashar al-Assad was sentenced to death in absentia, meaning he was not at the trial.
- Assad’s maternal cousin, Atef Najib, was also sentenced to death; he was involved in the crackdown in Daraa province that sparked the war.
- Najib was held in a cage wearing a prisoner’s uniform during the trial.
- Assad and his brother Maher left Syria and went to Russia after opposition forces entered Damascus in late 2024.
- Atef Najib is a former army brigadier general and was head of political security in southern Syria in 2011.
- The trial is part of new cases started by Syria’s transitional authorities against former government figures.
- This is the first ruling of its kind by the current transitional government.
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