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  "id": 8137223,
  "title": "Assad-era Syrian official jailed for 60 years by US court",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/assad-era-syrian-official-jailed-for-60-years-by-us-court",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-18T00:46:30.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Al-Monitor",
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    "url": "https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/09/assad-era-syrian-official-jailed-60-years-us-court"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, Sept 17 (Reuters) - A former Syrian government official who headed the Damascus Central Prison under ousted PresidentBashar al-Assad and was convicted of torture by a US federal jury has been sentenced to60 years in prison by a US judge, federal prosecutors said. Samir Ousman Alsheikh, 74, was charged in 2024 and convicted in March on one count of conspiracy to…",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/syrian-court-hands-down-death-sentence-and-jail-terms-for-coastal",
        "published": "2026-09-17T11:13:49.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "Syrian court sentences three linked to coastal violence",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/syrian-court-sentences-three-linked-to-coastal-violence",
        "published": "2026-09-17T12:31:14.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Qatar Tribune",
        "title": "Syrian court sentences three linked to coastal violence",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/syrian-court-sentences-three-linked-to-coastal-violence-8115737",
        "published": "2026-09-17T21:00:00.000Z"
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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."
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