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  "id": 5366900,
  "title": "Syria begins destroying Assad-era chemical weapons",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/syria-begins-destroying-assad-era-chemical-weapons",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-03T16:46:53.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Al-Monitor",
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    "url": "https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/09/syria-begins-destroying-assad-era-chemical-weapons"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "BEIRUT, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Syria has begun destroying the remnants of a clandestine Assad-era chemical weapons program that it recovered in May, the first such destruction in a decade, a Syrian envoy and a U.N. representative said on Thursday. Reuters reported in May that Syria's new leadership had located remnants of former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's chemical weapons program, including…",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Times of Israel",
        "title": "Syria has started destroying Assad-era chemical weapon materials, UN envoy says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/syria-has-started-destroying-assad-era-chemical-weapon-materials-un",
        "published": "2026-09-03T17:07:13.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "Syria begins destroying al-Assad-era chemical weapons materials",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/syria-begins-destroying-al-assad-era-chemical-weapons-materials",
        "published": "2026-09-03T17:40:51.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "Syria begins destroying Assad-era chemical weapons",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/syria-begins-destroying-assad-era-chemical-weapons-5416569",
        "published": "2026-09-03T20:56:22.000Z"
      }
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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."
}