In Syria the death penalty can be given for certain...

In Syria the death penalty can be given for certain crimes of homicide and for certain political acts such as bearing arms against Syria in the ranks of the enemy, desertion of the armed forces to the enemy and acts of incitement under martial law or in wartime. The death penalty can also be imposed in certain cases involving drugs.The minimum age for the imposition of the death penalty in Syria is 18 years. The maximum age was not defined in Syrian law, but there had never been a case of somebody condemned to death older than 60 years.

(Sources: M2 Preaawire, 02/04/2001)