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11 August 2026

A court in Syria has sentenced ousted leader Bashar Assad to death in absentia

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A court in Syria has sentenced ousted leader Bashar Assad to death in absentia

A Syrian court has sentenced ousted President Bashar Assad to death in absentia. The ruling comes more than a year and a half after the former dictator was overthrown and fled to Russia.

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