{
  "id": 555567,
  "title": "Syria sentences ousted president Bashar Al Assad to death in absentia",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/syria-sentences-ousted-president-bashar-al-assad-to-death-in-absentia",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-11T08:51:57.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Gulf News",
    "slug": "gulf-news",
    "url": "https://gulfnews.com/world/mena/syria-sentences-ousted-president-bashar-al-assad-to-death-in-absentia-1.500637182"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Dubai: A Syrian court on Tuesday sentenced former President Bashar Al Assad to death in absentia, alongside his brother Maher and former senior security official Atef Najib, in a landmark case linked to the violent crackdown during Syria’s 2011 uprising. The Fourth Criminal Court in Damascus handed down the sentences after a trial involving Najib, the former head of political security in the…",
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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."
}