Posted on 08/11/2026 8:38:24 AM PDT by Eleutheria5
A Syrian court has sentenced ousted president Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia after convicting him of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during the country's civil war.
BBC reports that Assad fled Syria for Moscow with his family in December 2024 after his regime was overthrown, bringing an end to his family's more than five-decade rule over the country. He has remained in Russia since then, and it is unclear whether Syria's new authorities will be able to secure his extradition.
The death sentence marks the latest legal action against Assad by Syria's new leadership. An arrest warrant was issued against him in December 2024 on charges including murder and torture.
(Excerpt) Read more at israelnationalnews.com ...
https://www.israelhayom.com/2026/08/11/syria-sentences-bashar-al-assad-to-death/
Assad, who is living in exile in Russia....
The Fourth Criminal Court in Damascus found Assad guilty of premeditated murder and crimes against humanity, while Atef Najib, his cousin and former political security chief in the southern province of Daraa, was convicted of premeditated murder and torture.
Syrian prosecutors had also sought to convict Bashar al-Assad’s brother Maher al-Assad of murder, torture, arbitrary detention and wasting public funds, and had requested the death penalty for him as well.
Al Assad’s sin was he was aligned with the Russians and not allowing a pipeline to Europe. Assad protected women’s rights, the antiquities, Christians and other minorities and even the queer from the Sunni crazies. But he stood in the way.
Its weird to me that ISIS, and the planned muslim-migrant invasion of Europe, all started with Obama’s attempts to overthrow Assad.
Now that we have installed islamists in Damascus, and have slaughtered or forced out most of the Christian population of the Levant, what else have we achieved?
A country now ruled by a effing US endorsed and praised headchopper, described by our President as highly capable and respected.
I grieve for Syria.
Instead, Mamdunci would build (more likely confiscate) a sanctuary mansion for him and his.
He’ll die of old age before he ever sets foot in Syria again, and Putin, for all his faults, does not extradite old allies. Yanukovich is still safe in Moscow, as is Ed Snowden, though not an ally, and probably many more.
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