Syrian court sentences 2 men to death over violent attacks

DUBAI: A military court in the Syrian Arab Republic’s city of Aleppo have sentenced two men to death and a third to 12 years in jail over violations linked to violence in the country’s coastal region, state news agency SANA reported on Thursday. The Military Criminal Court convicted Wad­dah Ismail and Maher Ali of acts intended to incite civil war and sectarian fighting, as well as leading armed groups with the aim of attacking public forces. A third defendant, Maher Othman, was convicted of com