{
  "id": 652397,
  "title": "Conviction of Assad regime officials tests Syria's transitional justice",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/conviction-of-assad-regime-officials-tests-syrias-transitional-justice",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-12T09:12:30.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Le Monde English",
    "slug": "le-monde-english",
    "url": "https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2026/08/12/conviction-of-assad-regime-officials-tests-syria-s-transitional-justice_6756413_4.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Former general Atef Najib was sentenced to death for crimes against humanity on Tuesday. While the Assad regime's victims welcomed the verdict, several NGOs denounced the trial as unfair.",
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  "coverage": {
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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."
}