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

A Syrian court has sentenced ousted president Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia, France 24 reports, along with his younger brother, on charges of crimes against humanity and war crimes. The ruling covers conduct during Syria's fourteen-year conflict, which left roughly half a million people dead.

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