The ex-president is convicted of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity during the country's civil war.

Assad, his brother Maher al-Assad and cousin Atef Najib have been sentenced to death after being convicted of crimes during the country’s nearly 14-year war. The Fourth Criminal Court in Damascus on ...

Bashar al-Assad is the former president of Syria who held power for decades before his government was overthrown during a rebel offensive. Assad fled to Moscow and was granted political asylum after ...

Lebanon’s army on Friday arrested a relative of ousted Syrian ruler Bashar al-Assad, as well as the son of famous Lebanese drug lord Nouh Zaiter, a security source told AFP. The source, requesting ...

Verdict relates to atrocities committed during the country’s 14-year civil war in which about 500,000 people died ...

Sentence is first to be handed down by Syria to toppled president Syrians celebrate in Deraa, birthplace of anti-Assad protests in 2011 Court also sentences Assad's brother Maher, ex-security official ...

Bashar al-Assad was the 19th president of Syria, entering office in 2000 succeeding his father Hafez al-Assad as the country's leader and as head of the Ba'ath Party. He was ousted in December 2024 by ...

Former Syrian president Bashar al Assad has been sentenced to death in absentia for crimes against humanity and war crimes, following a ruling by a court in the country. Assad fled the capital ...

'Syria after Assad' (2/4). Since the fall of Bashar al-Assad's dictatorial regime one year ago, more than 1.2 million exiled Syrians have returned home. The journey back has often been extremely ...

Syria sentences Bashar al-Assad to death for crimes against humanity during the 14-year civil war, as he remains in Moscow.

The former regime figure was found guilty of charges including premeditated murder and torture.