Bashar al-Assad's Syrian torture chamber prison is filled with horror stories including prisoners subjected to inhumane treatment before being killed. Sednaya Prison, nicknamed the "Human ...

“I’m not going to stop protesting — Hamas cannot oppress us anymore,” he said. “All I want is to escape the prison of Gaza and tell the world the truth about Hamas.” Gazan activist recounts escape ...

Syrian civilians and humanitarian organizations are searching prisons filled with prisoners, many of whom are political, after the sudden collapse of Syrian President Bashar Assad‘s brutal regime. The ...

A handout satellite image shows the Saydnaya prison in Syria. (AFP/Getty Images) Syrian rebels released hundreds of detainees from a prison dubbed the “human slaughterhouse” after seizing the facility ...

STORY: When she heard that rebels had toppled Syria’s brutal decades-old regime, Hayat al-Turki went to search for her brother and five more relatives at a notorious prison. Sednaya is nicknamed the ...

DAMASCUS, Syria — Bashar Barhoum woke in his dungeon prison cell in Damascus at dawn Sunday, thinking it would be the last day of his life. The 63-year-old writer was supposed to have been executed ...

Syrians on Monday celebrated the overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad, as thousands of detainees were freed from his notorious jails while families and rescuers searched for those still missing.

A man shows two ropes tied in the shape of nooses, found in the infamous Saydnaya military prison, just north of Damascus, Syria, Monday, Dec. 9, 2024. Crowds are gathering to enter the prison, known ...