play Live Sign upShow navigation menuplay Live Click here to searchsearchSign upToggle PlayBashar al-Assad’s cousin Wassim sentenced to death in Syria
A Syrian court has sentenced Wassim al-Assad, cousin of Bashar al-Assad, to death for murder, torture, crimes against humanity and war crimes. He was accused of leading militias involved in massacres and kidnappings and is the only Assad relative on death row inside Syria.
