{"id":369163,"date":"2026-08-11T22:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T21:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/syria-issues-death-sentence-for-former-president-assad\/"},"modified":"2026-08-11T22:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T21:00:08","slug":"syria-issues-death-sentence-for-former-president-assad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/syria-issues-death-sentence-for-former-president-assad\/","title":{"rendered":"Syria issues death sentence for former president Assad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/3NBC9_okFjc\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Syria issues death sentence for former president Assad\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3NBC9_okFjc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Bashar al-Assad has been sentenced to death by a Syrian court. <\/p>\n<p>The former dictator, who fled to Moscow when his regime was toppled in 2024, was accused of war crimes, torture and crimes against humanity. <\/p>\n<p>But what hope is there for him to return to Syria and face justice?<\/p>\n<p>[Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe]<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>Get more news at our site &#8211; https:\/\/www.channel4.com\/news\/ <\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe<\/p>\n<p>Follow us:<br \/>\nTikTok &#8211; https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@c4news<br \/>\nInstagram &#8211; https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/channel4news\/<br \/>\nTwitter &#8211; https:\/\/twitter.com\/Channel4News<br \/>\nFacebook &#8211; https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Channel4News\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bashar al-Assad has been sentenced to death by a Syrian court. 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