{"id":247122,"date":"2026-08-13T06:14:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T06:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/247122\/"},"modified":"2026-08-13T06:14:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T06:14:13","slug":"ex-syria-dictator-bashar-al-assad-sentenced-to-death-a-look-back-at-his-reign-of-terror-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/247122\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex Syria Dictator Bashar al-Assad sentenced to death\u00a0 \u2014 a look back at his reign of terror (Video)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Syrian court in the country&#8217;s capital city of Damascus laid down a historic ruling on Aug. 11 \u2014 convicting the country\u2019s former dictator President Bashar al-Assad with crimes against humanity \u2014 and <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/08\/11\/world-news\/ex-syrian-ruler-bashar-al-assad-sentenced-to-death-in-absentia-for-war-crimes\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">sentencing him to death<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Assad, who led the country during Syria\u2019s nearly 14-year revolutionary conflict, abandoned his generals and fled the besieged nation to Russia in 2024, after rebels gained an offensive foothold and stormed Damascus in a stunning takeover.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Washington Post, Syria&#8217;s interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa has requested Russia extradite the former dictator, though it\u2019s unlikely the nation will follow through.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Syrian court in the country&#8217;s capital city of Damascus laid down a historic ruling on Aug. 11&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":247123,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[30],"tags":[68725,26866,26867,95],"class_list":["post-247122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-syria","tag-news-breakdown","tag-newsroom-select-video","tag-nypost","tag-syria"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/117086734033349371","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247122","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247122"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247122\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/247123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}