ALEPPO, Oct. 16 -- Two men were sentenced to death by a military court here on Thursday, while two Defence Ministry members tried in the same case for intentional homicide were acquitted for insufficient evidence. A third ministry member, convicted of torture, received three years.

Syria's state news agency SANA reported that the Military Criminal Court ruled on 10 defendants accused of committing violations during the coastal events of March 2025. Al-Waddah Ismail and Maher Ali were convicted of assault intended to incite civil war and sectarian fighting and of leading armed gangs. Mohammad Bakour, of the Defence Ministry, got 20 years for intentional homicide, and Maher Othman 12 years for involvement in fighting and assault. The verdi...