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Syria jails Bashar al-Assad's Mufti for life
A court in Damascus sentenced Ahmed Badr al-Din Hassoun, the former Grand Mufti of Syria, to life imprisonment on charges related to inciting murder, sectarian and racial hatred, and participating in murders. Hassoun, who served as Syria's mufti for over 16 years and was aligned with the Assad regime, is considered one of the figures strongly supporting the regime during the war, and was nicknamed "The Mufti of Barrel Bombs." He was arrested in March 2025 while traveling from Damascus. He is now convicted on multiple charges connected to his role in supporting the regime. The ruling is part of a series of trials against officials and figures from the Assad era, following the issuance of a death sentence in absentia for Bashar Assad and other leaders on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
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