First punishments for Syria's March 2025 coastal killings

First punishments for Syria's March 2025 coastal killings

An army court in Aleppo has delivered the first punishments for the March 2025 killing of Alawites, a religious minority, on Syria's coast. Two supporters of the removed former rulers were sentenced to death and life in prison, a former fighter got 20 years, and one person was found not guilty. More charges will test the government's promise of justice.

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