Syrian court sentences two to death over 2025 coastal violence

A court in Syria has sentenced to death two supporters of the ousted Bashar al-Assad regime for inciting an uprising last year, and handed hefty sentences to members of the current government’s security forces for the killing of hundreds of civilians from the Alawite religious minority. The Military Criminal Court at the Justice Palace in the northern city of Aleppo gave death sentences to Al-Waddah Ismail and Maher Ali, according to state media. The Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reported that the pair were convicted of seeking to incite civil war and sectarian fighting and for leading armed gangs with the intent to attack public forces.