Syrian court issues death, prison sentences for 2025 coastal violence

A Syrian military criminal court in the northern city of Aleppo sentenced one defendant to death Thursday, another to life imprisonment and a third to 20 years for deadly violence in the coastal region in 2025, Anadolu reports. A fourth defendant was acquitted. State-run Alikhbariah TV broadcast the proceedings from Aleppo’s Justice Palace. Judge Zakaria Bakkar, head of the Military Criminal Court, presided over the sentencing hearings in the presence of judicial authorities. The rulings covered four of seven defendants, with verdicts for the remaining three expected at a later date, said the channel. Public trials in the coastal violence case began at Aleppo’s Justice Palace on Nov. 18, 2025. At the time, 14 defendants were put on trial. Seven […]