Egyptian TV host Sarah Khalifa has been sentenced to death by hanging along with 11 others after a Cairo court convicted them of running a drug trafficking network, state media reported.
Syrians carry pictures of those killed during the war outside the court where former ruler Bashar al-Assad was sentenced in absentia. Bakr Alkasem/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images Reported by: Cherry Meigh TimbolNews Content Editor Published August 12, 2026 [...]
A Damascus court has sentenced ousted Syrian President Bashar Assad and his brother to death for crimes against humanity, the first judicial verdict against the Assad inner circle since the family's half-century grip on power collapsed. Judge Fakhareddine al-Aryan read the sentence Tuesday from the Fourth Criminal Court in central Damascus, a session aired live […] The post Syrian court sentences Bashar Assad to death in absentia for war crimes appeared first on American Almanac .
A Damascus court has sentenced ousted Syrian President Bashar Assad and his brother to death for crimes against humanity, the first judicial verdict against the Assad inner circle since the family's half-century grip on power collapsed. Judge Fakhareddine al-Aryan read the sentence Tuesday from the Fourth Criminal Court in central Damascus, a session aired live on Syrian state television. Assad, his younger brother Maher, and their maternal cousin Atef Najib all received death sentences for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during Syria's 14-year civil war, a conflict that killed roughly half a million people. The verdicts mark the first time a Syrian court has held any member of the Assad regime formally accountable since…Open
Assad fled to Russia after the government’s fall in December 2024 and received political asylum.
A Syrian court sentenced Assad along with his brother to death in absentia for crimes against humanity and war crimes during Syria's 14-year conflict that left about half a million people dead.
A Syrian court has sentenced ousted Syrian President Bashar Assad and his younger brother to death in absentia for crimes against humanity and war crimes during Syria’s 14-year conflict that left about half a million people dead
Iran continues its brutal crackdown by executing more people, including sentencing six women to death. NewsNation’s Diana Falzone has the latest.
Hasina's speech marked the second anniversary of her ouster. She fled Bangladesh by helicopter following nearly two months of protests in 2024 that left nearly 1,400 people dead, according to the United Nations.
Because of the ruling, Jeffrey Lee's execution will be delayed. He still faces the death penalty.