Syrian court sentences Wassim al-Assad to death

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

Syrian court sentences detained Assad cousin to death for crimes against humanity

A Syrian court on Tuesday handed a death sentence to Wassim al-Assad who appeared in the dock, a cousin of long-time ruler Bashar al-Assad who was himself sentenced to death in absentia last week. The 46-year-old relative of Assad was convicted over atrocities committed under the autocrat’s rule during the country’s nearly 14-year civil war. Judge Fakhr al-Din al-Aryan said Assad’s cousin was convicted of multiple murders and “murder accompanied by torture and brutality … classified as crimes...

By Agence France-Presse

Syrien: Bashar al-Assads kusin dömd till döden

Wassim al-Assad, kusin till Syriens avsatte president Bashar al-Assad, har dömts till döden av en…

Syria sentences to death Assad's detained cousin for war crimes

Wassim al-Assad, a cousin of overthrown long-time Syrian ruler Bashar al-Assad, was convicted of multiple murders and murder accompanied by torture and brutality. A Damascus court issued a death sentence on Tuesday.

By FRANCE 24

Syria sentences Bashar al-Assad’s cousin to death

The 46-year-old relative of Assad was convicted over atrocities committed under the autocrat's rule during the country's nearly 14-year civil war. The post Syria sentences Bashar al-Assad’s cousin to death appeared first on Vanguard News.

By Henry Oduah