Major-General Mohammed Ali Durgham is accused of links to 1982 Hama massacre and 2011 protest crackdown. Syrian authorities ...

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

A near-complete nuclear reactor built secretly during the rule of toppled Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad would have been able ...

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — A Syrian court sentenced ousted Syrian President Bashar Assad along with his younger brother to death in absentia on Tuesday for crimes against humanity and war crimes during ...

In July, a Syrian court sentenced former dictator Bashar Assad to death for crimes against his own people. But after 14 years ...

The 60-year-old, who was president of Syria for 24 years until 2024 before fleeing to Moscow, was found guilty of crimes including killings, torture, and arbitrary arrest.

The latest sentence against Wassim al-Assad comes a week after ousted President Bashar al-Assad was sentenced to death ...

Russia granted them asylum on “humanitarian grounds”. Bashar al-Assad and his family now reportedly live a life of luxury. Assad is a London-trained ophthalmologist, who has reportedly returned to ...

India, Aug. 11 -- Bashar al-Assad Death Sentence: For years, the Syrian civil war left families searching for missing relatives, communities buried under the destruction of fighting and victims ...

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, currently outside Syria, was convicted in a case involving violence carried out during the conflict, killing around 500,000 people.

It was the first Syrian conviction against Assad, who was ousted in 2024 and fled to Russia, ending decades of his family's ...