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  "id": 8137242,
  "title": "Former Assad official sentenced to 60 years in US for torture",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/former-assad-official-sentenced-to-60-years-in-us-for-torture",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-17T16:26:37.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Al-Monitor",
    "slug": "al-monitor",
    "url": "https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/09/former-assad-official-sentenced-60-years-us-torture"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Samir Ousman Alsheikh was convicted by a jury in March of three counts of torture, one count of conspiracy to commit torture, visa fraud and attempted naturalization fraud.",
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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."
}