Syria's former President Bashar al-Assad and associates were sentenced to death for crimes against humanity amid ongoing transitional justice efforts.

Syria's former President Bashar al-Assad and associates were sentenced to death for crimes against humanity amid ongoing transitional justice efforts.

A Syrian court has sentenced former leader Bashar al-Assad and his brother Maher to death after convicting them in absentia for war crimes and crimes against humanity during the country’s devastating civil war.