āļø Syrian court sentences former President Bashar al-Assad, brother Maher and 6 former officials to death
š Court convicts defendants of crimes including murder, torture, abduction, crimes against humanity and war crimes over crackdown beginning in Daraa in 2011
š Verdict marks first Syrian judgment holding Assad and members of his former leadership criminally responsible for 2011 crackdown and violence that followed
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