Ousted Syrian President Bashar sentenced to death in absentia

11 August 2026, Syria, Daraa: Syrians celebrate outside the Omari Mosque in Daraa, the site where the Syrian revolution began in 2011, after a Syrian court sentenced Atef Najib, a cousin of ousted President Bashar Assad, to death for overseeing a crackdown in Daraa that helped spark Syria's uprising and civil war, while Assad and his brother Maher were also sentenced to death in absentia. Photo: Moawia leer más Atrash/dpa leer menos