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  "id": 2203656,
  "title": "Ahmad Hassoun, Assad’s ‘barrel bomb mufti’, faces Damascus court verdict",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/ahmad-hassoun-assads-barrel-bomb-mufti-faces-damascus-court-verdict",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-20T18:55:52.000Z",
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Who is Ahmad Hassoun, the 'barrel bomb mufti' close to the inner circle of the al-Assad regime?",
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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."
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