Damascus Criminal Court sentences Bashar al-Assad to death

🔴 Urgent: The Damascus Criminal Court sentenced Bashar al-Assad and his cousin Atef Najib to death in absentia. Another version said Bashar al-Assad was sentenced to death, and one cited a death sentence over intentional murder. An English version said Bashar al-Assad and Atef Najib were sentenced to death, while another mentioned death sentences against Bashar, Maher al-Assad and Atef Najib, with scenes of celebration inside the Justice Palace in the capital Damascus after the rulings.