{
  "id": 7998081,
  "title": "Syrian court issues first sentences over 2025 massacres of Alawites",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/syrian-court-issues-first-sentences-over-2025-massacres-of-alawites",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-17T09:13:50.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "France 24",
    "slug": "france-24",
    "url": "http://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20260917-syrian-court-issues-first-sentences-over-2025-massacres-of-alawites"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Syria's judiciary on Thursday issued its first verdicts over the massacres of Alawites on the Syrian coast last year, sentencing a former member of government forces to 20 years in prison. A supporter of deposed president Bashar al-Assad received a death sentence and another was sentenced to life in jail.",
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Ajel English",
        "title": "Syrian military court sentences three over coastal unrest",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/syrian-military-court-sentences-three-over-coastal-unrest",
        "published": "2026-09-17T09:55:18.000Z"
      }
    ]
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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."
}