Syrian court sentences Wassim al-Assad to death
Syrian court sentences Wassim al-Assad to death
2026-08-18
Shafaq News – Damascus
On Tuesday, the Fourth Criminal Court in Damascus issued a death sentence by hanging against Wassim al-Assad (a cousin of former Syrian regime leader Bashar al-Assad), after convicting him of murder, torture, and crimes that the court described as crimes against humanity and war crimes.
The court stated, in a session followed by Shafaq News Agency, that investigations proved Wassim al-Assad’s involvement in forming irregular armed groups, on the orders of Brigadier General Ghiath Dalla, which targeted civilian areas in Eastern Ghouta and committed massacres against civilians, particularly in the town of al-Maliha.
She added that the court had established with evidence the involvement of an armed group affiliated with the accused in the attack on a shop in the town of Jaramana, stealing its contents and kidnapping its owner because of his opposition to the former regime, in addition to involvement in kidnapping and killing Syrian citizens in several areas.
The court decided to convict Wassim al-Assad of the felony of premeditated murder of more than one person, and of torture crimes as crimes against humanity and war crimes.
Last week, the court issued death sentences against former Syrian President Bashar Hafez al-Assad, his brother Maher al-Assad, and a number of fugitive defendants, after convicting them of murder, torture, and crimes against humanity, according to the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA).
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