Syrians gathered outside the Palace of Justice in Damascus on Tuesday, to celebrate death sentences issued against ousted Syrian president Bashar al-Assad and his brother as well as other former regime officials, Anadolu reports. A criminal court in Damascus on Tuesday sentenced Bashar al-Assad and his brother Maher to death in absentia after convicting them of crimes against humanity and other offenses, the SANA news agency reported. The Fourth Criminal Court also sentenced Assad’s cousin Atef Najib, the former head of the Political Security Branch in Daraa, and six other fugitives – Fahd Jassem al-Freij, Mohammed Ayman Ayoush, Louay al-Ali, Qusai Ibrahim Mhayoub, Wafiq Saleh Nasser and Talal Fares al-Asimi – to death. Judge Fakhr al-Din al-Aryan said Assad’s role in […]
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Read Full Article on Middle East Monitor →![Syrians gather around the Palace of Justice to celebrate a court's death sentences against ousted leader Bashar al-Assad, his brother Maher al-Assad and his cousin Atef Najib, carrying photographs of people killed by the Assad regime, in the capital Damascus, Syria, on August 11, 2026. [Izz Aldien Alqasem - Anadolu Agency]](https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/AA-20260811-42188650-42188643-DEATH_SENTENCES_FOR_BASHAR_ALASSAD_AND_SENIOR_FIGURES_IN_SYRIA_WELCOMED_WITH_CELEBRATIONS-1.jpg)
