Does Syria’s death sentence for Bashar Assad bring justice any closer?

LONDON: For almost a quarter of a century, Bashar Assad stood at the apex of a Syrian state in which the president appeared beyond the reach of its courts. On Tuesday, that relationship was dramatically reversed. Syria’s Fourth Criminal Court in Damascus sentenced the ousted president to death in absentia after convicting him of offenses including “premeditated and intentional murder of more than one person and of children” as well as “torture, arbitrary arrest and crimes against humanity” committed during the country’s long conflict.

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