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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s media adviser Luna al-Shibl died on Friday three days after being injured in a car crash, Assad’s office announced. “The presidency of the Syrian Arab Republic mourns the death of the adviser Luna al-Shibl, who passed away today after a serious car accident”, it said in a statement. “She served in recent years as a director of the political and media office of the presidency and then as a special adviser to the presidency,” it added. State media reported on Tuesday that she had suffered a “cerebral haemorrhage” which required emergency surgery after her car “…

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