U.S. indictment accuses two Syrian officials of torture at notorious prison

Peaceful protesters, including a 26-year-old American woman, were abused at the torture center.

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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 ...
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Syrians search for loved ones at notorious prison after Assad regime's downfall

Two days after rebels toppled Bashar al-Assad's government, the Biden administration said it would recognize the new Syrian government under certain conditions. Meanwhile, Syrians searched for ...
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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.
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U.S. indicts 2 former Syrian officials, accuses them of torturing prisoners

Two former high-ranking Syrian military figures who played key roles in President Bashar al-Assad's now-deposed regime have been indicted on war crimes charges in the United States and accused of ...
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Syrians search the notorious Saydnaya prison seeking loved ones and answers

The first place hundreds rushed to when news broke that the Assad regime had fallen was the military prison in Saydnaya, a place so notorious for its horrors it was long known as “the slaughterhouse.”
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Syrian rebels free prisoners from Assad's notorious dungeons who celebrate in Damascus streets

Tens of thousands of people held in Syria's notorious prisons have been freed in the 10 days since the insurgents began their lightning advance across the country that ended with the toppling of ...
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Syrians Search Notorious Prison for Thousands of Missing

The regime’s downfall has given hope to families of Syrians who disappeared in recent decades.
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Videos show 'prisoners being released from cells' in notorious Syrian prison

Videos posted online purported to show rebels freeing dozens of women and men at the notorious Saydnaya prison in Syria.
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Reports of people trapped underground at notorious Syrian prison

It is thought thousands of people could still be trapped in hidden parts of the notorious Saydnaya prison.
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U.S. indictment accuses two Syrian officials of torture at notorious prison

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