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Assad’s downfall does not belong to the fighters alone, but to the activists who never gave up
1 week, 3 days ago

Assad’s downfall does not belong to the fighters alone, but to the activists who never gave up

The Independent  

There’s more than one way to topple a dictator. “I escaped death many times.” Dr Sahloul’s missions to Syria served a desperate need: Assad’s jets were bombing hospitals and medical facilities across rebel-held areas, leaving millions without any access to care. Dr Sahoul says the Syrian diaspora played a “major role” in influencing events in Syria for the better over …

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Syria’s tortured prisoners: The dead, the missing and the reunited
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1 week, 4 days ago

Syria’s tortured prisoners: The dead, the missing and the reunited

CNN  

CNN — In the days following the fall of President Bashar al-Assad, Syrians have crowded his regime’s notorious detention facilities in a desperate search for loved ones who were jailed or forcibly disappeared. Pictures of al-Hamada’s body surfaced on social media after his remains were found at a Damascus hospital, believed to have been dumped there by officials from Saydnaya …

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Syria’s tortured prisoners: The dead, the missing and the reunited
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1 week, 4 days ago

Syria’s tortured prisoners: The dead, the missing and the reunited

CNN  

CNN — In the days following the fall of President Bashar al-Assad, Syrians have crowded his regime’s notorious detention facilities in a desperate search for loved ones who were jailed or forcibly disappeared. Pictures of al-Hamada’s body surfaced on social media after his remains were found at a Damascus hospital, believed to have been dumped there by officials from Saydnaya …

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At a Syria morgue, people search for loved ones killed by Assad regime
1 week, 5 days 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 …

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Analysis: Assad exhibited little of the tackiness of Iraq’s Saddam. But his rule was just as brutal
1 week, 5 days 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 - …

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Analysis: Assad exhibited little of the tackiness of Iraq’s Saddam. But his rule was just as brutal
1 week, 5 days 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 - …

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Inside Syria's 'human slaughterhouse' execution block: Chilling images show punch bag used by guards to practice torturing prisoners and scattered possessions left behind
1 week, 5 days 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 …

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Desperate relatives of Syrian prisoners detained in hell-hole prison scour 'human slaughterhouse' near Damascus for signs of life
1 week, 6 days 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 …

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Inside Assad's prisons where thousands suffered and 157,000 vanished
2 weeks ago

Inside Assad's prisons where thousands suffered and 157,000 vanished

Daily Mail  

He called himself Hitler and loved to put on ‘entertainments’. Since Assad’s fall, my social media feeds have swelled with images of rebels storming prisons, of bewildered prisoners stumbling through opened doors, of crying women blinking in daylight, and a toddler wandering out of an open cell door. What happened?’ Another man who saw prisoners being freed said some had …

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Syria War Updates: Israel denies sending tanks to Damascus; HTS vows justice for Assad’s war crimes – Firstpost
2 weeks ago

Syria War Updates: Israel denies sending tanks to Damascus; HTS vows justice for Assad’s war crimes – Firstpost

Firstpost  

Syria War News Updates: The Israeli military on Tuesday denied reports that its tanks were advancing towards Damascus, insisting that Israeli forces were stationed in a buffer zone near the Israeli-Syrian border Syrian citizens wave the revolutionary flag and shout slogans, as they celebrate during the second day of the take over of the city by the insurgents in Damascus, …

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'Where are they?': Thousands scour Syria's most horrific prison but find no sign of their loved ones
2 weeks ago

'Where are they?': Thousands scour Syria's most horrific prison but find no sign of their loved ones

New Indian Express  

SAYDNAYA: They came from all over Syria, tens of thousands. The first place they rushed to after the fall of their longtime tormentor, former President Bashar Assad, was here: Saydnaya Prison, a place so notorious for its horrors it was long known as "the slaughterhouse." For the past two days, all have been looking for signs of loved ones who …

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Saydnaya prison: Inside Syria’s ‘slaughterhouse’ prison where Assad’s critics disappeared
2 weeks ago

Saydnaya prison: Inside Syria’s ‘slaughterhouse’ prison where Assad’s critics disappeared

CNN  

Saydnaya, Syria CNN — As Syrians rejoiced across the country this week, many began the frantic search for missing loved ones who had been forcibly disappeared under Bashar al-Assad’s brutal dictatorship. After rebel fighters toppled Assad on Sunday, sending the dictator fleeing to Russia, images surfaced of Saydnaya prisoners being released – prompting many Syrians to flood social media seeking …

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Syrians crowd Assad’s most most notorious torture prison in hunt for missing loved ones
2 weeks ago

Syrians crowd Assad’s most most notorious torture prison in hunt for missing loved ones

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. In the Sednaya prison, referred to by rights groups …

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Syrians emerging from Assad’s prisons taste ‘beautiful’ freedom as regime topples
2 weeks, 1 day ago

Syrians emerging from Assad’s prisons taste ‘beautiful’ freedom as regime topples

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. Throughout the civil war that began in 2011, security …

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Anti-Assad Syrians lead protests against prison torture by rebel group
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Anti-Assad Syrians lead protests against prison torture by rebel group

Al Jazeera  

Hay’et Tahrir al-Sham, formed out of a group with former ties to al-Qaeda, is accused of torturing prisoners to death. Prompted by the treatment of prisoners by the group’s security arm, the General Security Service, protesters carry banners calling HTS prisons “slaughterhouses”. “Over the past few years, I have noticed the injustice practised against the people of the liberated areas, …

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As a Syrian torturer is jailed, a debate on justice begins
2 years, 11 months ago

As a Syrian torturer is jailed, a debate on justice begins

Al Jazeera  

The verdict against Anwar Raslan, who is now serving a life sentence in Germany, was welcomed, but some urge caution. “This is not ‘the’ justice,” said Mazen Darwish, a prominent Syrian human rights activist who heads the Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of Expression in Paris, and who testified during Raslan’s trial. A court of law says there is …

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UN hails landmark conviction of senior Syrian official
2 years, 11 months ago

UN hails landmark conviction of senior Syrian official

Associated Press  

KOBLENZ, Germany — A former Syrian secret police officer was convicted by a German court Thursday of crimes against humanity for overseeing the abuse of detainees at a jail near Damascus a decade ago, a ruling the top United Nations human rights official described as “historic.” Anwar Raslan is the highest-ranking Syrian official so far convicted of the charge. “It …

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‘Afraid of return’: Palestinians fearful of life in Yarmouk camp
3 years, 8 months ago

‘Afraid of return’: Palestinians fearful of life in Yarmouk camp

Al Jazeera  

Some 160,000 Palestinians were forced to flee the Yarmouk refugee camp in Damascus throughout the 10-year-long war. Even the wiring inside the walls of my house has been ripped off.” Um Ahmad is among 160,000 Palestinian Syrians who were forced to abandon Yarmouk amid clashes between the Syrian government forces and the rebels and later between the military and the …

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