Syria: Freed prisoner identified as intelligence officer, ‘wasn’t aware that Assad regime had fallen’
3 weeks, 2 days ago

Syria: Freed prisoner identified as intelligence officer, ‘wasn’t aware that Assad regime had fallen’

Live Mint  

A man who was recently freed by the rebels from a Damascus jai lwas reportedly a former intelligence officer of the ousted Syrian regime The man was found while the news outlet was looking for missing U.S. journalist Austin Tice. He said he was being held in a jail that had been run by the Syrian air force’s intelligence services and claimed he was not aware that the Assad regime had fallen Later, an image obtained by CNN confirms the man’s identity as Salama Mohammad Salama, a lieutenant in Assad’s Air Force Intelligence Directorate. Syria's new rulers step up engagement with the world Syria's new rulers stepped up engagement on Tuesday with countries that deemed ousted president Bashar al-Assad a pariah, with the French flag raised at the embassy for the first time in over a decade. Assad fled Syria just over a week ago, as his forces abandoned tanks and other equipment in the face of a lightning offensive spearheaded by the Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham.

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AP PHOTOS: Syria’s new security forces conduct sweeps in Homs, looking for ousted Assad’s loyalists
1 week ago

AP PHOTOS: Syria’s new security forces conduct sweeps in Homs, looking for ousted Assad’s loyalists

Associated Press  

HOMS, Syria — Syria’s new security forces deployed in tanks on Thursday in the city of Homs to search for militia members and former soldiers loyal to ousted President Bashar Assad who have refused to surrender their weapons. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print Members of the new security forces search an apartment …

Nearly 300 arrested in Syria crackdown on Assad loyalists: monitor
1 week, 4 days ago

Nearly 300 arrested in Syria crackdown on Assad loyalists: monitor

Hindustan Times  

Syria's new authorities have arrested nearly 300 people, including informants, pro-regime fighters and former soldiers, in a crackdown on loyalists to ousted former president Bashar al-Assad, a monitor said Sunday. Nearly 300 arrested in Syria crackdown on Assad loyalists: monitor Since rebels led by the Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham group toppled Assad three weeks ago, ending more than five decades …

Syrians find candid photos of ousted President Bashar al-Assad from abandoned residences
2 weeks, 4 days ago

Syrians find candid photos of ousted President Bashar al-Assad from abandoned residences

Hindustan Times  

Syrians find candid photos of ousted President Bashar al-Assad from abandoned residences Syrians are fascinated by glimpses from the private life of their ousted President Bashar al-Assad, who was accused of widespread. Syrians are fascinated by glimpses from the private life of their ousted President Bashar al-Assad, who was accused of widespread repression of dissenters. 2 / 4 A man …

CNN says its report on a freed Syrian prisoner is not what it initially believed
3 weeks, 1 day ago

CNN says its report on a freed Syrian prisoner is not what it initially believed

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy CNN is acknowledging that a …

CNN says its report on a freed Syrian prisoner is not what it initially believed
3 weeks, 1 day ago

CNN says its report on a freed Syrian prisoner is not what it initially believed

Associated Press  

CNN is acknowledging that a gripping story it aired last week depicting a Syrian man being let free from a Damascus prison after the fall of dictator Bashar Assad’s regime was not what it seemed. The network said that it has since found out that the man shown in correspondent Clarissa Ward’s report, which initially aired on Dec. 11, apparently …

Proof that Syrian 'prisoner' discovered and freed by CNN crew was one of Assad's ruthless henchmen as ex-intelligence officer is now missing
3 weeks, 1 day ago

Proof that Syrian 'prisoner' discovered and freed by CNN crew was one of Assad's ruthless henchmen as ex-intelligence officer is now missing

Daily Mail  

A shocking image of the Syrian 'prisoner' who was discovered locked up Damascus prison by journalists proves that he was actually one of former dictator Bashar al-Assad's henchmen who ruthlessly killed and tortured inmates. But earlier this week Syrian fact-checking organization Verify-Sy reported that the man in the clip was in fact a first first lieutenant in the Syrian Air …

A CNN team rescued a ‘prisoner’ from Syrian jail. Now, the outlet admits he was an Assad torturer
3 weeks, 2 days ago

A CNN team rescued a ‘prisoner’ from Syrian jail. Now, the outlet admits he was an Assad torturer

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Days after airing an emotional …

Prisoner freed by CNN in Syria was member of Assad’s forces who killed civilians and tortured innocent men: Report
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3 weeks, 2 days ago

Prisoner freed by CNN in Syria was member of Assad’s forces who killed civilians and tortured innocent men: Report

Hindustan Times  

A prisoner who was caught on camera being freed by a CNN reporter and her team was actually a notorious member of Bashar al-Assad’s forces, a local fact check has revealed. Fact-checkers Verify-Sy claimed the man is named Salama Mohammad Salama, a first lieutenant in Syrian air force intelligence who allegedly tortured people who refused to pay him off. Prisoner …

CNN faces backlash over ‘staged’ Syrian prisoner rescue report
3 weeks, 2 days ago

CNN faces backlash over ‘staged’ Syrian prisoner rescue report

Al Jazeera  

Criticism mounts as US news channel backtracks on identity of Syrian prisoner who provided a false name and worked as an intelligence officer in the Assad regime. The video, aired on Thursday, shows CNN’s Clarissa Ward and her team, accompanied by an opposition fighter, reporting from a secret prison in the capital, Damascus, and stumbling upon a “hidden prisoner”. Heads …

No US group searching for missing journalist in Syria: Justice Department
3 weeks, 2 days ago

No US group searching for missing journalist in Syria: Justice Department

India Today  

The US State Department on Monday said there is no US government organisation currently on the ground in Syria for the search of Austin Tice, an American journalist taken captive during a reporting trip in August 2012, but did not rule out the possibility. State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller told reporters at a regular news briefing that the US was …

CNN launches investigation amid fears Clarissa Ward's Assad jail rescue may not be what it appeared
3 weeks, 3 days ago

CNN launches investigation amid fears Clarissa Ward's Assad jail rescue may not be what it appeared

Daily Mail  

CNN has launched an investigation into reporter Clarissa Ward's viral rescue of a 'hidden prisoner' who said he was left in one of former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's notorious jails for three months. CNN has launched an investigation into the viral moment reporter Clarissa Ward and her team stumbled upon a man locked in a cell in one of former …

Syria: Freed prisoner who said he was a victim of the Assad regime was an intelligence officer, locals say
3 weeks, 3 days ago

Syria: Freed prisoner who said he was a victim of the Assad regime was an intelligence officer, locals say

CNN  

CNN — A man who was filmed by CNN being released by rebels from a Damascus jail was a former intelligence officer with the deposed Syrian regime, according to local residents, and not an ordinary citizen who had been imprisoned, as he had claimed. An image obtained by CNN on Monday now points to the man’s real identity – said …

Syria's Sednaya prison has been called the 'human slaughterhouse' but 'high-value prisoners' may still be hidden in secret locations
3 weeks, 3 days ago

Syria's Sednaya prison has been called the 'human slaughterhouse' but 'high-value prisoners' may still be hidden in secret locations

ABC  

Syria's Sednaya prison is where the extreme brutality of the Assad regime over the last 13 years was at its worst. It's believed the "salt rooms" were used as makeshift morgues to store dead bodies with the smell of decomposing corpses masked by ankle-deep granules of salt, according to the Association of Detainees and the Missing. Austin's brother Simon Tice …

Syria: US man found near Damascus after spending months in prison
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Syria: US man found near Damascus after spending months in prison

Firstpost  

A 30-year-old US man, who was missing since May, has been found among thousands of prisoners freed by Syrian rebels after toppling Assad’s regime. Timmerman said since the guards were still there, the very thought which came on his mind was that the “warfare could have been more active than it ended up being.” Exclusive: The American citizen found near …

Syria: Missing US man found in Southern Damascus, says prison experience 'wasn't too bad'
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Syria: Missing US man found in Southern Damascus, says prison experience 'wasn't too bad'

India TV News  

Damascus: Amid the political turmoil in Syria, a missing man from the US has been found in the country where he was kept in prison after entering the country as a pilgrim. It is to be noted that after rebels toppled Syria's former president Bashar al-Assad this week, thousands of persons from several prisons in the country have been released. …

Syria - latest: American Travis Timmerman found alive after seven months in Syrian jail
Top News
4 weeks ago

Syria - latest: American Travis Timmerman found alive after seven months in Syrian jail

The Independent  

✕ Close Rebel fighters stand next to the burning gravesite of Syria’s late president Hafez al-Assad For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about …

Analysis: Assad exhibited little of the tackiness of Iraq’s Saddam. But his rule was just as brutal
4 weeks ago

Analysis: Assad exhibited little of the tackiness of Iraq’s Saddam. But his rule was just as brutal

CNN  

CNN — Slender shoulders, a limp handshake and soft-spoken lisp. In response to questions about Syria’s lack of press freedoms and system of one-party rule, he engaged in classic “whataboutism.” He exhibited absolutely no responsibility nor remorse about Syrian human rights violations, instead deflecting and highlighting examples of US abuses in Iraq. Meanwhile Syria’s closest allies were also Iran - …

Battered corpses show the horrors of life and death under Syria’s Assad
4 weeks ago

Battered corpses show the horrors of life and death under Syria’s Assad

CNN  

Damascus, Syria CNN — The bruised and battered bodies inside the morgue of Mujtahid Hospital are hard to look at — tangible evidence of the brutal regime of toppled Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad. “Even in the Middle Ages, they didn’t torture people like this.” Assad fled to Russia on Sunday after a lightning advance by Syria’s rebel groups, and the …

At a Syria morgue, people search for loved ones killed by Assad regime
4 weeks ago

At a Syria morgue, people search for loved ones killed by Assad regime

Al Jazeera  

Mohammad Chaeeb spoke softly into his phone, telling a relative the grim news: he found his brother at the Al-Mujtahid Hospital morgue. He doesn’t even have eyes.” The dead man was jailed five months ago, disappearing into a dark prison system under the rule of President Bashar al-Assad. “But dozens of families are arriving, and the numbers don’t match.” Some …

Analysis: Assad exhibited little of the tackiness of Iraq’s Saddam. But his rule was just as brutal
4 weeks ago

Analysis: Assad exhibited little of the tackiness of Iraq’s Saddam. But his rule was just as brutal

CNN  

CNN — Slender shoulders, a limp handshake and soft-spoken lisp. In response to questions about Syria’s lack of press freedoms and system of one-party rule, he engaged in classic “whataboutism.” He exhibited absolutely no responsibility nor remorse about Syrian human rights violations, instead deflecting and highlighting examples of US abuses in Iraq. Meanwhile Syria’s closest allies were also Iran - …

Inside Syria's 'human slaughterhouse' execution block: Chilling images show punch bag used by guards to practice torturing prisoners and scattered possessions left behind
4 weeks, 1 day ago

Inside Syria's 'human slaughterhouse' execution block: Chilling images show punch bag used by guards to practice torturing prisoners and scattered possessions left behind

Daily Mail  

Hanging from the ceiling of the dank, dilapidated prison cell, and above the mountain of dirty prison uniforms is a sun-bleached punching bag, far too pale to have been replaced recently. Human rights groups say more than 100,000 Syrians have disappeared since the brutal dictator's crackdown on pro-democracy protests in 2011, and since the dictator's fall, their loved ones have …

Wife of jailed Syrian reveals truth of Assad’s slaughterhouse jail: ‘They tortured me when I asked to see him’
4 weeks, 1 day ago

Wife of jailed Syrian reveals truth of Assad’s slaughterhouse jail: ‘They tortured me when I asked to see him’

The Independent  

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A Lebanese man who spent 32 years in Syrian prisons is welcomed home
4 weeks, 1 day ago

A Lebanese man who spent 32 years in Syrian prisons is welcomed home

Associated Press  

CHEKKA, Lebanon — Suheil Hamwi spent 32 years in a Syrian prison, and now, after an offensive by insurgents that toppled the government of Bashar Assad, he’s finally returned to his home in Lebanon. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print Years of uncertainty and imprisonment Suheil Hamwi, center, who spent 32 years in …

Desperate relatives of Syrian prisoners detained in hell-hole prison scour 'human slaughterhouse' near Damascus for signs of life
4 weeks, 1 day ago

Desperate relatives of Syrian prisoners detained in hell-hole prison scour 'human slaughterhouse' near Damascus for signs of life

Daily Mail  

Five years after his uncle was snatched by Syrian regime henchmen and thrown in the notorious Saydnaya prison, last week's lightening offensive finally gave Firas Kaid hope. The Damascus Countryside Governorate has had to go on social media to ask people to provide the codes to electronic underground doors to free the ‘more than 100,000 detainees who can be seen …

Syrian rebels free prisoners from Assad’s Saydnaya dark cells—But the search for missing continues
1 month ago

Syrian rebels free prisoners from Assad’s Saydnaya dark cells—But the search for missing continues

Live Mint  

Videos circulating online appear to show dozens of men and women being freed from the infamous Saydnaya prison in Syria, as rebel forces claimed territory previously controlled by President Bashar al-Assad’s regime. Search for missing in Saydnaya prison Rescuers from the Syrian White Helmets are intensifying their search in the notorious Saydnaya prison, a symbol of the brutal repression under …

Inside Syria's 'human slaughterhouses', where thousands were starved, tortured
Top News
1 month ago

Inside Syria's 'human slaughterhouses', where thousands were starved, tortured

Firstpost  

Uncover the harrowing stories from Syria’s notorious prisons as survivors reveal torture, mass executions, and hidden underground cells after Assad’s regime collapse A man stands underground at Sednaya prison as prisoners' relatives and members of the Syrian civil defence group, known as the White Helmets, search for prisoners, after rebels seized the capital and announced that they have ousted President …

Syrian rebels free prisoners from ‘human slaughterhouses’ after Bashar al-Assad exit
1 month ago

Syrian rebels free prisoners from ‘human slaughterhouses’ after Bashar al-Assad exit

Hindustan Times  

Armed Syrian rebels, led by the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, freed hundreds of prisoners detained by exiled President Bashar al-Assad in jails, which the detainees describe as “slaughterhouses”. As the rebels swept across Syria, they broke through jails, where the government officials had fled, to free political prisoners detained by Assad since the beginning of ‘pro-democracy’ protests in 2011. Exiled Omar …

Syrian rebels free prisoners from Assad's notorious dungeons who celebrate in Damascus streets
1 month ago

Syrian rebels free prisoners from Assad's notorious dungeons who celebrate in Damascus streets

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. As the insurgents swept across Syria in just 10 …

Heartbreaking moment TODDLER walks out of prison cell in Assad's 'human slaughterhouse' as Syrian rebels free inmates from jail where rape and torture is endemic - and 13,000 were executed by the regi
1 month ago

Heartbreaking moment TODDLER walks out of prison cell in Assad's 'human slaughterhouse' as Syrian rebels free inmates from jail where rape and torture is endemic - and 13,000 were executed by the regi

Daily Mail  

This is the heartbreaking moment a toddler is seen walking out of a Syrian prison cell inside tyrant President Bashar al-Assad's 'human slaughterhouse'. This is the heartbreaking moment a toddler is seen walking out of a Syrian prison cell inside tyrant President Bashar al-Assad's 'human slaughterhouse' Women and children have been freed from despot President Bashar al-Assad's 'human slaughterhouse' prison …

Syrian official who oversaw prison where alleged abuse took place arrested by US officials
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Syrian official who oversaw prison where alleged abuse took place arrested by US officials

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A former Syrian military official …

20 years later, Abu Ghraib detainees get their day in US court
8 months, 4 weeks ago

20 years later, Abu Ghraib detainees get their day in US court

Associated Press  

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Twenty years ago this month, photos of abused prisoners and smiling U.S. soldiers guarding them at Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison were released, shocking the world. The trial is scheduled to begin Monday in U.S. District Court in Alexandria, and will be the first time that Abu Ghraib survivors are able to bring their claims of torture to …

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