{
  "id": 614254,
  "title": "News Wrap: Syria sentences Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/news-wrap-syria-sentences-bashar-al-assad-to-death-in-absentia",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-11T22:45:40.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "PBS NewsHour",
    "slug": "pbs-newshour",
    "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/news-wrap-syria-sentences-bashar-al-assad-to-death-in-absentia"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "In our news wrap Tuesday, ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has been sentenced to death in absentia for war crimes during the country's brutal civil war, authorities say at least six people were killed when Iran-backed Houthi rebels fired ballistic missiles on a vessel and the Democratic Republic of the Congo says the Ebola outbreak there has now killed more than 2,000 people.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}