Shafaq News..Syria Sentences Two to Death over Coastal Violence
The court convicted the defendants over March 2025 attacks that killed 238 security personnel, according to Syria's National Commission for Investigation and Fact-Finding.
- Syria's Military Criminal Court in Aleppo sentenced Al-Waddah Ismail and Maher Ali to death on Thursday for inciting civil war and leading armed groups during the March 2025 coastal violence.
- The case stems from violence that erupted in March 2025 when former-regime loyalists launched coordinated attacks on security positions, killing 238 personnel, according to the National Commission for Investigation and Fact-Finding.
- Mohammed Bakour, a member of the Defense Ministry's 82nd Division, received a 20-year sentence for intentional murder, while Maher Al-Othman received 12 years and 54th Division members Captain Shannan and Khaled Al-Muhaimid received two years each.
- Earlier judicial proceedings in this case on Sept. 17, 2026, resulted in a death sentence, prison terms, and an acquittal, with Abdul Raouf Bakr and Mohammed Louay Zarzouri acquitted in today's ruling.
- The Commission of Inquiry concluded both government-aligned forces and armed groups likely committed war crimes, while Reuters documented nearly 1,500 deaths across more than 40 locations in Alawite-populated areas.
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Syria Sentences Two to Death Over 1,426 Killings as Rights Group Warns Against 'Selective' Justice
A Syrian military court sentenced two men to death on Thursday, 15 October 2026, over offences linked to the deadly coastal violence of March 2025. The rulings also included prison sentences for other defendants and acquittals, according to Syria's state news agency, SANA. The case concerns violence that killed hundreds of civilians and security personnel. A national fact-finding committee documented 1,426 civilian deaths, including 90 women, an…
Shortly after the fall of the Assad regime last year, Islamist fighters killed hundreds of civilians. Two of the leaders have now been sentenced, among other things, for »provocation of a civil war«.
Syrian court sentences 2 men to death over violent attacks
DUBAI: A military court in the Syrian Arab Republic’s city of Aleppo have sentenced two men to death and a third to 12 years in jail over violations linked to violence in the country’s coastal region, state news agency SANA reported on Thursday. The Military Criminal Court convicted Waddah Ismail and Maher Ali of acts intended to incite civil war and sectarian fighting, as well as leading armed groups with the aim of attacking public forces. A …
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