Former member of gov’t forces sentenced to 20 years, as two Assad supporters receive death sentence and life in prison. A Syrian court has issued its first verdicts linked to mass killings in coastal areas last year, with two supporters of the deposed government receiving a death sentence and life »»»

ALEPPO, Sept 17 — Syria’s judiciary issued its first verdicts on Thursday over last year’s killing of hundreds of members of the Alawite minority on the Syrian coast. The court sentenced a former member of government forces to 20 years in prison for murder, while two supporters of the deposed gover»»»