Syria has begun the destruction of its Assad-era chemical weapons program, in collaboration with the United Nations, as the government of Ahmed al Sharaa faces the growing urgency to decontaminate sites due to Israeli attacks in 2025. (translated)
Bashar al-Assad, the former Syrian dictator who was sentenced to death in absentia, lives a life of luxury in exile in Moscow, but his future is uncertain and he has few remaining allies, including an increasingly weary Vladimir Putin. (translated)
Bashar al Assad, the former Syrian leader asylum in Russia, has been sentenced to death in absentia by a court in Damascus, raising doubts about a possible extradition to Syria by Putin and suggesting complications for the new president Ahmed al Sharaa in his effort to integrate national reconciliation in a country marked by civil war. (translated)
A Syrian court has sentenced in absentia former president Bashar al-Assad and other members of his regime to death for crimes against humanity, including murder and torture, while Assad is currently living in Russia under protection. (translated)
Bashar al-Assad has been sentenced to death for crimes against humanity, but lives with his family a luxury life in Moscow, where he owns twenty apartments and has secured his fortune to escape Western sanctions, while preparing for a possible return to his previous career as an ophthalmologist. (translated)
Bashar al-Assad has been sentenced to death for crimes against humanity, but still lives a lavish life in Moscow with his family, far from prosecution. (translated)
The former Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad and eight other members of his regime have been sentenced to death by a court in Syria for serious crimes, including crimes against humanity, in a hearing that marked the first public sanctioning of a former political leader responsible for the violent repression that triggered the war in Syria in 2011. (translated)
Bashar al-Assad, former President of Syria, was sentenced to death in absentia by the criminal court of Damascus for war crimes, crimes against humanity, and premeditated murder, along with his brother and cousin, for their responsibility in the brutal repression that led to the civil war in the country. (translated)
A Syrian court has sentenced former dictator Bashar al-Assad to death for war crimes and crimes against humanity, while he has been on trial in absentia since his flight to Russia in 2024. (translated)
The Syrian court sentenced former dictator Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia, finding him guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during the eight-year civil war in the country, marking the first ruling by transitional authorities against representatives of the former government. (translated)
The former Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad has been sentenced to death in absentia for war crimes and crimes against humanity for his role in the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Syrians during the civil war, while he and his brother Maher are reportedly granted asylum in Russia. (translated)
A Syrian court has sentenced Bashar al-Assad to death for crimes against humanity, including murders and torture, in a trial in absentia, marking the first sentence against the ousted leader since his escape to Russia in December 2024 after the fall of his regime. (translated)
Bashar al-Assad, the former Syrian dictator, has been sentenced to death in absentia by a court in Damascus for crimes against humanity, being accused of primary responsibility for the decisions that led to the violence during the 2011 uprising, and is currently in exile in Moscow. (translated)
A Syrian court has sentenced the former president Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia for war crimes and crimes against humanity, along with his brother Maher and Atef Najib, in the context of the collapse of his regime and fleeing to Russia in 2024. (translated)
Bashar al-Assad, former president of Syria, has been sentenced to death by a Syrian court for war crimes and crimes against humanity, in his absence, after fleeing the country two years ago. (translated)
The Syrian court sentenced in absentia former dictator Bashar al-Assad, his brother Maher Assad, and their maternal cousin Atef Najib to death for crimes against humanity and war crimes committed during the Syrian civil war. (translated)
The former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad has been sentenced to death in absentia by a court in Damascus for war crimes and crimes against humanity, after he fled to Russia in December 2024 following the fall of his regime. (translated)
Former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, tried in absentia, has been sentenced to death by a Syrian court for crimes against humanity and war crimes committed during the conflict in Syria, alongside his brother Maher and his cousin Atef Najib, the latter being present at the pronouncement of the sentence. (translated)
