A criminal court in the capital of Syria, Damascus, ordered the death penalty for former Syrian President Al-Assad. Assad ruled Syria for two and a half decades. He is accused of war crimes as well as crimes against humanity. His father ruled the country for nearly three decades.
The Assad family has been in power in this West Asian country for 50 years. In 2000, Bashar al-Assad became the president of Syria. But the storm started in 2011. The desert became turbulent in the wind of the Arab Spring. The sky trembled with the slogan “Get the dictator down, bring back democracy”. Civil war started. The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a coalition of rebels, jumped into the fray to oust Assad. An uneven war ensued, led by Kurdish forces led by the People's Protection Units (YPG). America began to help the rebels in the fight. In addition, Iran-backed Hezbollah, Russia came to the side for Assad. Later, Syria continued to burn in the flames of rebellion. Al Assad was forced to surrender to the rebels on December 8, 2024.
Having lost power, he sought refuge in the country of his friend Vladimir Putin. He has been there ever since. He is accompanied by his wife Asma Al Asad and three children Hafez, Zain, Karim. At the beginning of 2025, the former president of Syria suddenly fell ill. He started having a terrible cough. Practically suffocating. A doctor was immediately called. When various tests are done, the presence of poison in his body is found. About which various speculations were heard. He returned to Syria with the help of Russia to restore Assad's power. This time, Assad was ordered to be executed. Meanwhile, Assad's first cousin Atef Najib has also been sentenced to death.