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Syria sentences Assad in absentia; Najib in cage
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— Aug 11, 2026
A Damascus court handed down death sentences to Bashar al-Assad, his brother Maher, and former security official Atef Najib on charges of war crimes, crimes against humanity, murder and torture related to the Syrian civil war, with Bashar and Maher tried in absentia and Najib tried in person and international pursuit ordered for the defendants. The rulings mark a high-profile set of prosecutions of former regime figures by transitional authorities, amid ongoing legal actions against other former government members.
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