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  "id": 2378247,
  "title": "'I saw the fire, then heard the blast': Deraa's fields peppered with explosives from Syria's civil war",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/i-saw-the-fire-then-heard-the-blast-deraas-fields-peppered-with-2378247",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-21T11:59:01.000Z",
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    "name": "The National UAE",
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    "url": "https://www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/2026/08/21/i-saw-the-fire-then-heard-the-blast-deraas-fields-peppered-with-explosives-from-syrias-civil-war/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "In a former quarry surrounded by farmland outside the city of Deraa in southern Syria, experts are preparing to detonate an unexploded Russian missile left over from the war. A shepherd discovered it a few days earlier in a nearby field. Everything involving the detonation is carefully calculated: the missile's size and its location above ground help determine that the blast radius will be 250…",
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        "outlet": "The National Business",
        "title": "'I saw the fire, then heard the blast': Deraa's fields peppered with explosives from Syria's civil war",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/i-saw-the-fire-then-heard-the-blast-deraas-fields-peppered-with",
        "published": "2026-08-21T11:59:01.000Z"
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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."
}