Syrians looking for information on people who disappeared under the former regime pick through documents at the infamous Sednaya prison near Damascus on Tuesday. (Lorenzo Tugnoli for The ...

A man standing on a wall outside Syria's notorious Saydnaya prison near Damascus is calling out names from a sheaf of papers in his hands. Faces in the gathered crowds look up at him with a ...

Tens of thousands came to Saydnaya Prison from all over Syria after the fall of former President Bashar Assad to search for their loved ones SAYDNAYA, Syria -- They came from all over Syria ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. In a rare moment of unity in a country torn apart by over a decade of war, Syrians flocked to Saydnaya ...

Omar Alshogre describe his experience in Syria’s notorious prison. During Syria's civil war, human rights groups estimate that more than 100,000 Syrians, including children, were held in ...

Crowds have descended on the notorious Saydnaya prison, which had become synonymous with arbitrary detention, torture and murder. Under the glaring sun, people poured toward the notorious facility ...

Throngs of Syrians rushed to the facilities to search for loved ones who had disappeared into the prison system during the 13-year civil war. No prison is more infamous than Sednaya, just north of ...

FeatureThousands of people have flocked to the prison since it was liberated, attracted by rumors that there were still prisoners in the compound's basements. On Monday night, rescue workers ...

As former prisoners reunite with their families, questions remain about the prison’s hidden sections and the full extent of its brutal history under the Assad regime. Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS ...

As hundreds emerged from a prison near Damascus dubbed the “human slaughterhouse,” Rim Turkmani waited anxiously, hoping her cousin detained eight years ago would be among the prisoners who ...

Syrian rebels have freed prisoners — including toddlers — from a notorious, jam-packed prison dubbed the “human slaughterhouse,” where the Assad regime allegedly used an “iron press ...