TOUS 4633 Syrie Bachar el Assad condamne a mort par contumace

Former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has been sentenced to death in absentia by a Syrian court, according to an AFP report published on Tuesday, August 11. Ousted after the fall of his regime, he remains outside Syria and therefore did not appear before the judges. This conviction constitutes a major legal and political act against the former leader, accused of having led a regime marked for years by massive repression and a devastating civil war.