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  "id": 561758,
  "title": "Syria sentences ousted leader Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia over killings, torture",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/syria-sentences-ousted-leader-bashar-al-assad-to-death-in-absentia",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-11T10:39:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Channel News Asia",
    "slug": "channel-news-asia",
    "url": "https://www.channelnewsasia.com/world/syria-bashar-al-assad-death-sentence-crimes-6311791"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Syria's Bashar al-Assad fled the capital Damascus as rebel fighters approached nearly two years ago, and is currently in Moscow.",
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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."
}