Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/news-wrap-syria-sentences-bashar-al-assad-to-death-in-absentia Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Transcript Audio In our news wrap Tuesday, ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has been sentenced to death in absentia for war crimes during the country's brutal civil war, authorities say at least six people were killed when Iran-backed Houthi rebels fired ballistic missiles on a vessel and the Democratic Republic of the Congo says the Ebola outbreak there has now killed more than 2,000 people. Read the Full Transcript Notice: Transcripts are machine and human generated and lightly edited for accuracy. They may contain errors. Listen to this Segment Watch Watch the Full Episode PBS NewsHour from Aug 11, 2026