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  "id": 15748528,
  "title": "Syria’s first DNA-based identifications offer hope for families of the missing",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/syrias-first-dna-based-identifications-offer-hope-for-families-of-the",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-20T13:46:30.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Al-Monitor",
    "slug": "al-monitor",
    "url": "https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/10/syrias-first-dna-based-identifications-offer-hope-families-missing"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "By Feras Dalatey DAMASCUS, Oct 20 (Reuters) - DNA testing has helped identify the remains of missing people in at least three cases in Syria this year, the country's first such identification cases and a breakthrough in efforts to establish the fates of people missing after years of war.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Jerusalem Post",
        "title": "Syria’s first DNA-based identifications offer hope for families of missing persons",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/syrias-first-dna-based-identifications-offer-hope-for-families-of",
        "published": "2026-10-20T16:22:32.000Z"
      }
    ]
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}