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Syria sentences Bashar Assad to death in absentia

A Syrian court has sentenced ousted President Bashar Assad to death in absentia. The ruling comes over a year and a half after the dictator was overthrown and fled to Russia.

Published Tuesday, 11 August 2026 at 08:48
A Syrian court has sentenced ousted President Bashar Assad to death in absentia. The ruling comes over a year and a half after the dictator was overthrown and fled to Russia.

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