A criminal court in Deir ez-Zor sentenced a man to death for the rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl, the first death sentence reported since the fall of Assad. The sentence was reported on 4 November 2025. No executions were recorded in Syria during 2025, and the country kept the death penalty on its statute book.[1]
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References
- EUAA — Syria: Country Focus, 1.5 Death penalty (July 2026)paragraph citing The New Arab and SOHR, 4–5 November 2025; no executions in 2025
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