Syrian court sentences Assad to death in absentia

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A Syrian court sentenced former President Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia, convicting him of murder, torture, and crimes against humanity related to Syria's civil war. This marks the first such sentencing since Assad's overthrow.

A Syrian court on Tuesday sentenced ousted former President Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia after it convicted him on counts of murder, torture and crimes against humanity before and after the country’s civil war. The sentencing by the Fourth Criminal Court in Damascus is the first against al-Assad since the dictator was overthrown in…