https://cdnph.upi.com/ph/st/th/6761786444656/2026/upi_com/a64c5797bf64b7906293dd391f5299fc/v1.5/Syrias-Bashar-al-Assad-8-other-officials-sentenced-to-death.jpg" /> A Damascus court sentenced exiled former Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad and other officials to death on murder, torture, false imprisonment charges.