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  "id": 7955440,
  "title": "Assad regime planned US journalist Austin Tice's kidnap for weeks, BBC finds",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/assad-regime-planned-us-journalist-austin-tices-kidnap-for-weeks-bbc",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-17T05:00:18.000Z",
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  "summary": "Austin Tice’s abduction was approved by Syria’s former leader Bashar al-Assad, a source claims.",
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        "title": "Assad regime planned US journalist's kidnap for weeks, BBC finds",
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        "published": "2026-09-17T05:00:18.000Z"
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