{"id":11523,"date":"2023-11-17T03:34:16","date_gmt":"2023-11-16T22:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/assad-grants-amnesty-reduces-sentences-on-anniversary-of-coup-that-started-fathers-regime\/"},"modified":"2023-11-17T03:34:16","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T22:04:16","slug":"assad-grants-amnesty-reduces-sentences-on-anniversary-of-coup-that-started-fathers-regime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/assad-grants-amnesty-reduces-sentences-on-anniversary-of-coup-that-started-fathers-regime\/","title":{"rendered":"Assad grants amnesty, reduces sentences on anniversary of coup that started father\u2019s regime"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Syria\u2019s president issued a decree granting amnesty and reducing sentences for several categories of crime committed prior to Thursday, his office and state media reported.<\/p>\n
No reason was given for the amnesty but it came on the anniversary of the 1970 coup that brought the father and predecessor of President Bashar Assad to power.<\/p>\n
Assad has issued similar amnesties since the country\u2019s deadly conflict that has killed half a million people began in March 2011.<\/p>\n
ARREST WARRANT ISSUED FOR SYRIAN LEADER’S ALLEGED USE OF BANNED CHEMICAL WEAPONS: ‘BUTCHER OF DAMASCUS’<\/strong><\/p>\n The decree grants a complete pardon for misdemeanor convictions and people serving prison sentences who have reached the age of 70, or those who have incurable diseases.<\/p>\n