NewzA Syrian court has sentenced former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his younger brother, Maher al-Assad, to death in absentia. The ruling was handed down by the Fourth Criminal Court on Tuesday.
The sentences were issued in connection with crimes against humanity and war crimes committed during the country's 14-year conflict. The protracted war has resulted in an estimated death toll of approximately half a million people.
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