Jeremy Bowen: Assad's torture prison is the worst facility I have ever seen

Inside the infamous prison's corridors it becomes clear how hard it will be to mend the Syria that Assad broke.

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Syria under Assad: Torment and torture

Now that former President Bashar al-Assad has fled, Syria is looking toward its future. But before the country can plan for what's to come, its people want the world to be reminded of what has ...
CBS News - 1d
'I felt like a breathing corpse': Stories from people freed from Syria torture prison

The BBC speaks to men released from Saydnaya prison - a place known as the "human slaughterhouse".
BBC News - 3d
Jeremy Bowen: Syrians search for dead loved ones - and closure

BBC international editor Jeremy Bowen finds Syrians desperate for answers about the missing and a reckoning for their killers.
BBC News - 4d
Watch: BBC's Jeremy Bowen sees crowd surge after Assad henchman execution rumours

The BBC sees a crowd surge in Damascus as rumours spread that a hated Assad henchman is about to be executed.
BBC News - 5d
No pardons for prison torturers, says Syrian rebel leader

Abu Mohammed al-Jolani says HTS group will ask countries to hand over Assad regime officials who flee. The Islamist rebel commander responsible for the downfall of the Syrian president Bashar ...
The Guardian - 5d
Syria's celebrations muted by evidence of torture in Assad's notorious prisons

In Syria’s capital Damascus the hope of a country freed from its longtime dictator Bashar al Assad was starting to fade at the city's Saydnaya military prison.
NBC News - 6d
Jeremy Bowen: The country now faces a seismic turning point

The worst scenario for Syrians is that their country will spin into violent chaos, writes the BBC's Jeremy Bowen.
BBC News - Dec. 9
I have not seen a stock market like this in 42 years. Here's why and how to approach it

Can it last?
CNBC - Dec. 9
Gisèle Pelicot’s lawyer: ‘This level of depravity? I have never seen anything like it’

Stéphane Babonneau had to watch thousands of videos of Gisèle Pelicot being raped, before disclosing their horror to her. He explains how she found the courage to cope – and to change the world for ...
The Guardian - Dec. 3