Who is Wassim al-Assad, sentenced to death for Syria war atrocities?

The latest sentence against Wassim al-Assad comes a week after ousted President Bashar al-Assad was sentenced to death…

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Bashar 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 and war crimes.

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France 24•

Syria sentences to death detained cousin of ousted president Assad

Wassim al-Assad, a cousin of overthrown long-time Syrian ruler Bashar al-Assad, was convicted of multiple murders and murder accompanied by torture and brutality. A Damascus court issued a death sentence on Tuesday.

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Kariba ferry death toll rises to 93, making it Zimbabwe's deadliest transport disaster

Recovery efforts continue in what is the country's deadliest transport disaster.

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Middle East live: US says Israel behind strikes on military airport in Syria

Middle East live: US says Israel behind strikes on military airport in Syria — full report at France 24.

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‘Migration has been weaponised’: Italy’s security law criticised after death of Moroccan man in police restraint

Case of Abderrahim Fakir is first in which legal shield giving police greater protection from prosecution has been invoked If, before 19 July, few people in Italy beyond his family and friends knew who Abderrahim Fakir was, by the late afternoon of t…

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Tupac Shakur murder trial begins thirty years after his death

Former gang boss Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis stands trial over Tupac Shakur’s 1996 murder, the first prosecution in the case.

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