Former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad sentenced to death; his brother and cousin Atif Najib also handed capital punishment.

Former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad sentenced to death; his brother and cousin Atif Najib also handed capital punishment.

A new trend is currently being observed in several countries around the world. You must have heard about the events involving Sheikh Hasina in Bangladesh; when a coup took place there, she fled the country and came to India, after which a Bangladeshi court sentenced her to death. A similar situation has unfolded regarding the former President of Syria. On Tuesday, a court in the Syrian capital, Damascus, sentenced former President Bashar al-Assad to death. His younger brother, Maher al-Assad, was also handed the death penalty in the same case. The verdict against both men was delivered in absentia, as they had relocated to Russia after the Assad government was ousted from power in December 2024.