AFP11 Aug, 2026 07:23 PM3 mins to readFormer Syrian president Bashar al-Assad pictured in 2002. He was tried with a number of other members of the former Syrian regime for war crimes. Photo / Getty Images)A Syrian court has sentenced former ruler Bashar al-Assad to death after a trial in absentia, convicting him of atrocities committed during the country’s nearly 14-year civil war.
It is the first such ruling under Syria’s transitional leaders, who ousted Assad in December 2024, vowing to provide justice and
