WIRE — Sentence is first to be handed down by Syria to toppled president Syrians celebrate in Deraa, birthplace of anti-Assad protests in 2011 Court also sentences Assads brother Maher, ex-security official Atef Najib to death Assad now in Russia; lawyer says extradition unlikely A Syrian court sentenced ousted leader Bashar al-Assad to death on Tuesday after Source
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