Iraq clarifies Syrian youth’s death sentence is ’not final’

Iraq clarifies Syrian youth’s death sentence is ’not final’

The case of a Syrian national sentenced to death in Iraq has escalated into a significant public and diplomatic controversy, drawing widespread attention in Syria and raising questions over Iraq–Syria relations. Iraq's Supreme Judicial Council has dismissed allegations that a Syrian national received a death sentence for possessing a photo of Syrian President Ahmed Al-Sharra, clarifying that the individual will instead face retrial on terrorism-…