Syria says it executed 24 for igniting deadly wildfires

7 months ago

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria has executed 24 people after convicting them on terrorism charges for igniting last year’s devastating wildfires, leaving three people dead and burning thousands of hectares (acres) of forests, the Justice Ministry said Thursday. The publicized executions of a large group of people is rare in war-torn Syria, where a decade-old conflict has left hundreds of thousands