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Syrian court sentences Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia

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A Syrian court has issued death sentences to former President Bashar al-Assad, his brother Maher al-Assad and several former regime officials after convicting them of war crimes, crimes against humanity, murder, extrajudicial killings and the detention and torture of children.

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