Die Richter sprechen von „Kriegsverbrechen“ und „Verbrechen gegen die Menschlichkeit“. Der frühere syrische Machthaber muss das Urteil nicht fürchten – er lebt in Russland.

A criminal court in Damascus sentenced former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia on Tuesday for premeditated murder, torture, arbitrary detention and crimes…

In a historic court ruling, Bashar al-Assad finds himself sentenced to death alongside a security official for war crimes.