叙利亚法院对流亡莫斯科的前总统巴沙尔·阿萨德进行了缺席死刑判决[1][2][3]。阿萨德因战争罪和反人类罪遭控[3]，其弟弟玛赫同样被判处死刑[1]。阿萨德在2024年12月政权被推翻后逃往俄罗斯[2][3]，结束了其家族超过50年对叙利亚的统治[3]。
阿萨德的表弟、前安全官员阿特夫·纳吉布也被判处死刑[1][3]。纳吉布曾任达拉省政治安全分支负责人[1]，因领导2011年对该省镇压行动而被控[1]。具体罪名包括"15岁以下儿童的故意杀害"和"导致死亡的刑讯逼供"[3]。与远在国外的前总统和其弟弟不同，纳吉布已被拘留[1]，并在法庭上接受了宣判[3]。2011年3月，德拉省对涂写反政府标语的青少年进行了拘留和刑讯逼供，这一事件引发全国示威，最终升级为持续14年的内战[3]，造成约50万人丧生[1]。
A Syrian court has sentenced former President Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity stemming from the country's conflict [1]. Assad fled to Russia after opposition forces entered Damascus in December 2024, following the collapse of his regime [2][3]. His brother Mahir was also handed down a death sentence in the same proceeding [1].
The court additionally convicted Assad's cousin Atef Najib, a former security official who served as head of the political security branch in the southern Daraa province, sentencing him to death as well [1][3]. Unlike Assad and Mahir, Najib was present in court to receive the verdict [3]. Najib faced charges including the deliberate killing of children under fifteen and torture resulting in death, stemming from his role in the 2011 crackdown on teenagers who had written anti-government graffiti in Daraa [3]. That crackdown triggered nationwide protests that escalated into civil war [3], which resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths [1]. Najib, a former brigadier general in the Syrian army [1], was arrested in January 2025 [2] and became one of the highest-ranking officials to stand trial [1].