Syria sentences former president Bashar al-Assad to death over killings, torture

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Syria sentences former president Bashar al-Assad to death over killings, torture

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Syria has sentenced former president Bashar al-Assad to death for killings and torture. Assad fled to Moscow amid a rebel offensive in December 2024, and a security official under him was also sentenced to death.

Assad fled Damascus during the rebel ‌offensive in December 2024 and is currently ​in Moscow; Atef ⁠Najib, a security official under Assad, was also sentenced to death

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