Inside Assad's torture chambers where prisoners were made to suck their own blood off the floor, rape fellow inmates and executed for looking at guards - as illustrations reveal cruel punishments

Prisoners held inside Bashar al-Assad's notorious Syrian torture chamber prison were forced to suck their own blood off the floor and rape fellow inmates. It comes as: President Bashar al-Assad flees Syria and is granted asylum in Moscow Islamist HTS rebels and other rebel factions take Damascus and topple regime Syria's Prime Minister is set to meet with HTS leader Abu Mohammed al-Golani International observers urge 'peaceful transition' of power to rebel groups HTS promises to grant amnesty to Syrian government troops who surrender Israel launches strikes on Syrian weapons stockpiles, US hits ISIS targets Syrian civilians search for loved ones freed from Assad's brutal prisons This illustration shows one of the methods used by Syrian intelligence agencies to torture detainees. It involved hanging the victim from the ceiling by the wrists Syrians have pleaded for their loved ones to be freed from the notorious 'slaughterhouse' prison of Sednaya after rebels freed thousands of detainees elsewhere in Homs This device uncovered inside the Sednaya prison is said to be a hydraulic 'iron press' used to execute or torture inmates Detainees at Sednaya Prison were forced to obey a set of sadistic and dehumanising rules, as staff deprived inmates of food, water, medicine and medical care. They remained blindfolded, meaning they did not know when or how they would die until the noose was placed around their necks Mass hangings at Sednaya were carried out once or twice a week, usually on Monday and Wednesday, in the middle of the night Detainees at Sednaya Prison were forced to obey a set of sadistic and dehumanising rules, as staff deprived inmates of food, water, medicine and medical care Torture and severe beatings from guards were used as a regular form of punishment and degradation, often leading individuals to life-long damage, disability, and even death The military prison is famed for its inhumane conditions, systematic torture and mass executions They were forced to assume certain positions when the guards came into the cells and faced death as a punishment if they even looked at the guards. Upsetting: This image released by the Syrian opposition's Shaam News Network shows mass burial of people allegedly killed by Syrian government forces in Douma Bashar al-Assad ruled Syria for 24 years, but was ousted as president over the weekend after rebel forces gained control of the capital People kick a poster depicting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad after Syria's army command notified officers that al-Assad's 24-year rule had ended Rebel fighters stand on a military vehicle in Homs countryside, after Syrian rebels pressed their lightning advance on Saturday The rebels who were filmed releasing inmates at the Sednaya prison said: 'We celebrate with the Syrian people the news of freeing our prisoners and releasing their chains and announcing the end of the era of injustice.'