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Assad Brothers Face Historic Sentences | Charleston News
Syrian courts handed down historic death sentences in absentia to former President Bashar Assad and his brother Maher, convicted of crimes against humanity and war crimes for their roles in the nation’s devastating civil war. Also sentenced: Atef Najib, Assad’s cousin and a former security chief, convicted for leading the brutal crackdown on 2011 protests that sparked the uprising. Najib, appearing in prison garb, faces appeal rights as crowds outside the courthouse celebrated a long-awaited reckoning. Victims’ families hailed the verdict as justice for years of suffering, while Syria’s new…
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