The Assad regime’s notorious detention facilities were black holes where, as far back as the 1970s, anyone deemed an opponent disappeared. Saydnaya was one of the most infamous sites, known as ...

Labut was looking for her three brothers and son-in-law. She was breathless and emotional as she spoke. “The red section of the prison, they have been trying for days to reach it,” she told CNN.

Located some 200 meters from the red building, ... In a 2022 report published by the Association of Detainees and Missing Persons in Saydnaya Prison estimates that between 2011 and 2018, ...

Rescuers are battling to liberate Syria's alleged hellhole the 'Red Prison' near Damascus, but rebels who freed caged women and children reportedly still can't access the men trapped three floors ...

SAYDNAYA, Syria—Syrians searching for missing loved ones are combing the grounds of the country’s most notorious prison, rifling through lists of detainees and chipping at the concrete floor ...

Saydnaya prison, notorious for its systemic torture and mass executions, symbolised the Assad regime's brutal reign. Amnesty International reports estimated that between 5,000 and 13,000 prisoners ...

Syrian rebels released hundreds of detainees from a prison dubbed the “human slaughterhouse” after seizing the facility on their march to the capital. As many as 13,000 people were executed in ...

The Assad regime’s notorious detention facilities were black holes where, as far back as the 1970s, anyone deemed an opponent disappeared. Saydnaya was one of the most infamous sites, known as ...