Under the Assad regime, Saydnaya prison became a mass-killing machine; ‘a symbol of shame for the whole world.’ ...

Although no charges were officially disclosed, Hussein’s long-standing role at Sednaya has drawn international attention for ...

First Amendment attorney says the public has 'an interest and perhaps an obligation to understand what's going on in jails and prisons' ...

Since 2011, thousands of detainees died due to incarceration conditions or were tortured or executed in nightly mass hangings. Built on a hill 30 kilometers from Damascus, the Saydnaya prison has ...

Ukraine will share its experience in gathering evidence and conducting investigations to hold war criminals accountable. The Ukrainian Foreign Minister said: “When we saw the horrific footage from ...

ALBAWABA - In a social media video, a Syrian woman is seen yelling and lifting her shoe at Geir Pedersen, the UN ambassador to Syria, when he is visiting Saydnaya Prison, which is close to the ...

One reporter claimed that Saydnaya prison was purely for political detainees and claiming that a banner on the prison stated that people can only enter the prison but never leave it, while another ...

Syria rebel leader vows to shut down notorious Assad prisons Former Syria prison head charged with torture in US Saydnaya Prison, photographed on 9 December after the regime's overthrow.

The BBC speaks to men released from Saydnaya prison - a place known as the "human slaughterhouse".

He tells us he walked for miles from Saydnaya prison on the outskirts of Damascus when the fighters broke them out just a few days ago. MUHAMMED SAHLAN: (Non-English language spoken).