For the first time, a member of Syria’s al-Assad family faces justice in person — Wassim al-Assad, cousin of the former ruler, has been sentenced to death for orchestrating brutal massacres, torture, and war crimes that targeted civilians. Just days earlier, Bashar al-Assad himself received an absentia death sentence alongside his brother Maher, accused of using state power to commit atrocities. Another cousin, Atef Najib, was also convicted for leading the crackdown that sparked the civil war. Six former military officials, including defense minister Fahd al-Freij, were sentenced to death in absentia. These landmark rulings signal a reckoning for the regime’s most heinous crimes — and a step toward justice for millions of Syrians whose lives were shattered by violence.
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