# ‘Barrel bomb mufti’ sentenced to life in Syria

https://mins.news/en/item/30587

- Al Jazeera, 2026-08-24 13:02 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/8/24/barrel-bomb-mufti-sentenced-to-life-in-syria?traffic_source=rss

> Ahmad Hassoun, a senior religious official under Bashar al-Assad’s former Syrian regime, has received a life sentence after being convicted of war crimes committed during the country’s nearly 14-year civil war. He was known as the “barrel bomb mufti”.

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