{
  "id": 561241,
  "title": "Assad sentenced to death over Syria war crimes",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/assad-sentenced-to-death-over-syria-war-crimes",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-11T11:16:17.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Times",
    "slug": "daily-times",
    "url": "https://dailytimes.com.pk/1536943/assad-sentenced-to-death-over-syria-war-crimes/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A Syrian court sentenced former President Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia on Tuesday. The court convicted him of war crimes and crimes against humanity. Assad left Syria after rebels captured Damascus in December 2024. He fled to Moscow with his family as his government collapsed. The ruling marks a major step by Syria’s transitional […]",
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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."
}