Wassim al-Assad Sentenced to Death in Syria War Crimes Trial
TL;DR
A Damascus court convicted Wassim al-Assad, cousin of Bashar al-Assad, of war crimes including premeditated murder and torture and sentenced him to death. It marks the first in-person sentencing of a member of the al-Assad family in Syria, while Bashar and Maher al-Assad were sentenced in absentia last week. The case also links him to leading pro-regime militias and alleged Captagon production, with his assets confiscated as part of the verdict.
- Syrian court sentences Wassim al-Assad to death Al Jazeera
- What the death sentence for former Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad tells us about the future of the country CNN
- Syrian Court Sentences Bashar al-Assad to Death in Absentia for War Crimes The New York Times
- Ousted Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad sentenced to death in absentia BBC
- Syrian Torture Survivors Respond to Death Sentences for Assad and Others New Lines Magazine
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