Syria’s death sentence for Assad puts new strain on revamped relationship with Russia
A Syrian court sentenced former President Bashar Assad to death, testing the new government’s relationship with Russia. Assad secretly fled Syria the night before rebels seized Damascus, taking refuge in Moscow with his family.
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