🔴 Syria court sentences Bashar al-Assad to death for crimes against humanity in absentia

A Syrian court has sentenced former president Bashar al-Assad to death for crimes against humanity, ruling in absentia since Assad remains outside the country. France 24 reports the verdict as part of the reckoning following the collapse of his decades-long rule.

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