# Syria sentences Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia over atrocities

https://mins.news/en/video/19337

- France 24 English, 2026-08-11 16:15 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QFO8cE7Q84

> A Syrian court has sentenced former ruler Bashar al-Assad to death following a trial held without him. The court convicted him of atrocities committed during the country’s nearly 14-year civil war. The ruling was issued on Tuesday, August 11. Assad was tried and sentenced in absentia.

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