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Sednaya Prison Where Thousands of Syrians Were Killed Under Torture - Syria

File photo dated December 31, 2024 - Photos from Sednaya Prison after Syrian opposition forces seized it following the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime. Once used to detain thousands of civilians and political prisoners, Sednaya is infamous as one of the most secretive and brutal prisons in Syria, often called "the human slaughterhouse." December 31, 2024. Photo by Mohammad Daher/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Sednaya Prison Where Thousands of Syrians Were Killed Under Torture - Syria

File photo dated December 31, 2024 - Photos from Sednaya Prison after Syrian opposition forces seized it following the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime. Once used to detain thousands of civilians and political prisoners, Sednaya is infamous as one of the most secretive and brutal prisons in Syria, often called "the human slaughterhouse." December 31, 2024. Photo by Mohammad Daher/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Sednaya Prison Where Thousands of Syrians Were Killed Under Torture - Syria

File photo dated December 31, 2024 - Photos from Sednaya Prison after Syrian opposition forces seized it following the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime. Once used to detain thousands of civilians and political prisoners, Sednaya is infamous as one of the most secretive and brutal prisons in Syria, often called "the human slaughterhouse." December 31, 2024. Photo by Mohammad Daher/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Sednaya Prison Where Thousands of Syrians Were Killed Under Torture - Syria

File photo dated December 31, 2024 - Photos from Sednaya Prison after Syrian opposition forces seized it following the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime. Once used to detain thousands of civilians and political prisoners, Sednaya is infamous as one of the most secretive and brutal prisons in Syria, often called "the human slaughterhouse." December 31, 2024. Photo by Mohammad Daher/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Sednaya Prison Where Thousands of Syrians Were Killed Under Torture - Syria

File photo dated December 31, 2024 - Photos from Sednaya Prison after Syrian opposition forces seized it following the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime. Once used to detain thousands of civilians and political prisoners, Sednaya is infamous as one of the most secretive and brutal prisons in Syria, often called "the human slaughterhouse." December 31, 2024. Photo by Mohammad Daher/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Sednaya Prison Where Thousands of Syrians Were Killed Under Torture - Syria

File photo dated December 31, 2024 - Photos from Sednaya Prison after Syrian opposition forces seized it following the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime. Once used to detain thousands of civilians and political prisoners, Sednaya is infamous as one of the most secretive and brutal prisons in Syria, often called "the human slaughterhouse." December 31, 2024. Photo by Mohammad Daher/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Sednaya Prison Where Thousands of Syrians Were Killed Under Torture - Syria

File photo dated December 31, 2024 - Photos from Sednaya Prison after Syrian opposition forces seized it following the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime. Once used to detain thousands of civilians and political prisoners, Sednaya is infamous as one of the most secretive and brutal prisons in Syria, often called "the human slaughterhouse." December 31, 2024. Photo by Mohammad Daher/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Sednaya Prison Where Thousands of Syrians Were Killed Under Torture - Syria

File photo dated December 31, 2024 - Photos from Sednaya Prison after Syrian opposition forces seized it following the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime. Once used to detain thousands of civilians and political prisoners, Sednaya is infamous as one of the most secretive and brutal prisons in Syria, often called "the human slaughterhouse." December 31, 2024. Photo by Mohammad Daher/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Sednaya Prison Where Thousands of Syrians Were Killed Under Torture - Syria

File photo dated December 31, 2024 - Photos from Sednaya Prison after Syrian opposition forces seized it following the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime. Once used to detain thousands of civilians and political prisoners, Sednaya is infamous as one of the most secretive and brutal prisons in Syria, often called "the human slaughterhouse." December 31, 2024. Photo by Mohammad Daher/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Sednaya Prison Where Thousands of Syrians Were Killed Under Torture - Syria

File photo dated December 31, 2024 - Photos from Sednaya Prison after Syrian opposition forces seized it following the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime. Once used to detain thousands of civilians and political prisoners, Sednaya is infamous as one of the most secretive and brutal prisons in Syria, often called "the human slaughterhouse." December 31, 2024. Photo by Mohammad Daher/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Sednaya Prison Where Thousands of Syrians Were Killed Under Torture - Syria

File photo dated December 31, 2024 - Photos from Sednaya Prison after Syrian opposition forces seized it following the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime. Once used to detain thousands of civilians and political prisoners, Sednaya is infamous as one of the most secretive and brutal prisons in Syria, often called "the human slaughterhouse." December 31, 2024. Photo by Mohammad Daher/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Staff Accommodation For Doctors At CHM Destroyed - Mayotte

A slaughterhouse destroyed in Petite-Terre, in the French territory of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean, on 19 December 2024, following the passage of cyclone Chido over the archipelago. Photo by David Lemor/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Staff Accommodation For Doctors At CHM Destroyed - Mayotte

A slaughterhouse destroyed in Petite-Terre, in the French territory of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean, on 19 December 2024, following the passage of cyclone Chido over the archipelago. Photo by David Lemor/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Searching continues in Sednaya Prison in Damascus

People are searching for a trace of their loved ones in the Sednaya prison also known as the "Human Slaughterhouse". It was estimated by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights that 30 000 detainees were killed by the Assad regime in Sednaya since 2011. Damascus, Syria, on December 12, 2024. Photo by Ugur Yildirim/DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Searching continues in Sednaya Prison in Damascus

Women are searching for a trace of their loved ones in the Sednaya prison also known as the "Human Slaughterhouse". It was estimated by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights that 30 000 detainees were killed by the Assad regime in Sednaya since 2011. Damascus, Syria, on December 12, 2024. Photo by Ugur Yildirim/DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Searching continues in Sednaya Prison in Damascus

Woman is searching for a trace of her loved ones in the Sednaya prison also known as the "Human Slaughterhouse". It was estimated by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights that 30 000 detainees were killed by the Assad regime in Sednaya since 2011. Damascus, Syria, on December 12, 2024. Photo by Ugur Yildirim/DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Searching continues in Sednaya Prison in Damascus

People are searching for a trace of their loved ones in the Sednaya prison also known as the "Human Slaughterhouse". It was estimated by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights that 30 000 detainees were killed by the Assad regime in Sednaya since 2011. Damascus, Syria, on December 12, 2024. Photo by Ugur Yildirim/DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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People Searching For A Trace Of Their Loved Ones In The Sednaya Prison - Syria

People are searching for a trace of their loved ones in the Sednaya prison also known as the "Human Slaughterhouse". It was estimated by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights that 30 000 detainees were killed by the Assad regime in Sednaya since 2011. December 12, 2024. Photo by Nael Chahine/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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People Searching For A Trace Of Their Loved Ones In The Sednaya Prison - Syria

People are searching for a trace of their loved ones in the Sednaya prison also known as the "Human Slaughterhouse". It was estimated by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights that 30 000 detainees were killed by the Assad regime in Sednaya since 2011. December 12, 2024. Photo by Nael Chahine/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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People Searching For A Trace Of Their Loved Ones In The Sednaya Prison - Syria

People are searching for a trace of their loved ones in the registers of the Sednaya prison also known as the "Human Slaughterhouse". It was estimated by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights that 30 000 detainees were killed by the Assad regime in Sednaya since 2011. December 12, 2024. Photo by Nael Chahine/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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People Searching For A Trace Of Their Loved Ones In The Sednaya Prison - Syria

People are searching for a trace of their loved ones in the registers of the Sednaya prison also known as the "Human Slaughterhouse". It was estimated by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights that 30 000 detainees were killed by the Assad regime in Sednaya since 2011. December 12, 2024. Photo by Nael Chahine/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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People Searching For A Trace Of Their Loved Ones In The Sednaya Prison - Syria

People are sleeping in front of the Sednaya prison as people are still searching for a trace of their loved ones in the registers of Sednaya prison known as the "Human Slaughterhouse". It was estimated by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights that 30 000 detainees were killed by the Assad regime in Sednaya since 2011. December 12, 2024. Photo by Nael Chahine/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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People Searching For A Trace Of Their Loved Ones In The Sednaya Prison - Syria

Clothes and belongings of the freed prisonners are still inside the cells of the Sednaya prison also known as the "Human Slaughterhouse". It was estimated by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights that 30 000 detainees were killed by the Assad regime in Sednaya since 2011. December 12, 2024. Photo by Nael Chahine/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rebels Liberate Sednaya Prison From Assad's Sadistic Grip - Syria

Search parties are bringing heavy machinery to aid in the search of Sednaya Prison, hoping to uncover hidden compartments that might still hold detainees. More than 30,000 people were killed over decades in the ‘human slaughterhouse’ outside Damascus where the regime sought to suppress dissent by execution. Sednaya, the infamous “human slaughterhouse” outside Damascus, was where thousands of regime opponents had been locked up, tortured and killed from the earliest days of the 2011 uprising to the long brutal years of civil war. Rebels filmed as they entered Sednaya, nestled incongruously in the peaceful hills north of Damascus, alongside a monastery and the country villas of Syrian and Arab elites. Syria, December 10, 2024. Photo by Sandro BasiliABACAPRESS.COM

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Rebels Liberate Sednaya Prison From Assad's Sadistic Grip - Syria

The door of a cell in Sednaya Prison, bearing the scars and marks of its harrowing past. More than 30,000 people were killed over decades in the ‘human slaughterhouse’ outside Damascus where the regime sought to suppress dissent by execution. Sednaya, the infamous “human slaughterhouse” outside Damascus, was where thousands of regime opponents had been locked up, tortured and killed from the earliest days of the 2011 uprising to the long brutal years of civil war. Rebels filmed as they entered Sednaya, nestled incongruously in the peaceful hills north of Damascus, alongside a monastery and the country villas of Syrian and Arab elites. Syria, December 10, 2024. Photo by Sandro BasiliABACAPRESS.COM

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Rebels Liberate Sednaya Prison From Assad's Sadistic Grip - Syria

Investigators, civilians, and rebels search through Sednaya Prison, hoping to uncover hidden compartments where detainees might still be held. Outside, hundreds of families anxiously wait for news of their missing or disappeared loved ones, clinging to the hope of a reunion. More than 30,000 people were killed over decades in the ‘human slaughterhouse’ outside Damascus where the regime sought to suppress dissent by execution. Sednaya, the infamous “human slaughterhouse” outside Damascus, was where thousands of regime opponents had been locked up, tortured and killed from the earliest days of the 2011 uprising to the long brutal years of civil war. Rebels filmed as they entered Sednaya, nestled incongruously in the peaceful hills north of Damascus, alongside a monastery and the country villas of Syrian and Arab elites. Syria, December 10, 2024. Photo by Sandro BasiliABACAPRESS.COM

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Rebels Liberate Sednaya Prison From Assad's Sadistic Grip - Syria

People walk the path leading from the entrance of the Sednaya complex to the prison. More than 30,000 people were killed over decades in the ‘human slaughterhouse’ outside Damascus where the regime sought to suppress dissent by execution. Sednaya, the infamous “human slaughterhouse” outside Damascus, was where thousands of regime opponents had been locked up, tortured and killed from the earliest days of the 2011 uprising to the long brutal years of civil war. Rebels filmed as they entered Sednaya, nestled incongruously in the peaceful hills north of Damascus, alongside a monastery and the country villas of Syrian and Arab elites. Syria, December 10, 2024. Photo by Sandro BasiliABACAPRESS.COM

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Rebels Liberate Sednaya Prison From Assad's Sadistic Grip - Syria

Investigators, civilians, and rebels search through Sednaya Prison, hoping to uncover hidden compartments where detainees might still be held. Outside, hundreds of families anxiously wait for news of their missing or disappeared loved ones, clinging to the hope of a reunion. More than 30,000 people were killed over decades in the ‘human slaughterhouse’ outside Damascus where the regime sought to suppress dissent by execution. Sednaya, the infamous “human slaughterhouse” outside Damascus, was where thousands of regime opponents had been locked up, tortured and killed from the earliest days of the 2011 uprising to the long brutal years of civil war. Rebels filmed as they entered Sednaya, nestled incongruously in the peaceful hills north of Damascus, alongside a monastery and the country villas of Syrian and Arab elites. Syria, December 10, 2024. Photo by Sandro BasiliABACAPRESS.COM

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Rebels Liberate Sednaya Prison From Assad's Sadistic Grip - Syria

Two members of the rebel forces stand in front of an open cell in Sednaya Prison. More than 30,000 people were killed over decades in the ‘human slaughterhouse’ outside Damascus where the regime sought to suppress dissent by execution. Sednaya, the infamous “human slaughterhouse” outside Damascus, was where thousands of regime opponents had been locked up, tortured and killed from the earliest days of the 2011 uprising to the long brutal years of civil war. Rebels filmed as they entered Sednaya, nestled incongruously in the peaceful hills north of Damascus, alongside a monastery and the country villas of Syrian and Arab elites. Syria, December 10, 2024. Photo by Sandro BasiliABACAPRESS.COM

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Rebels Liberate Sednaya Prison From Assad's Sadistic Grip - Syria

Investigators, civilians, and rebels search through Sednaya Prison, hoping to uncover hidden compartments where detainees might still be held. Outside, hundreds of families anxiously wait for news of their missing or disappeared loved ones, clinging to the hope of a reunion. More than 30,000 people were killed over decades in the ‘human slaughterhouse’ outside Damascus where the regime sought to suppress dissent by execution. Sednaya, the infamous “human slaughterhouse” outside Damascus, was where thousands of regime opponents had been locked up, tortured and killed from the earliest days of the 2011 uprising to the long brutal years of civil war. Rebels filmed as they entered Sednaya, nestled incongruously in the peaceful hills north of Damascus, alongside a monastery and the country villas of Syrian and Arab elites. Syria, December 10, 2024. Photo by Sandro BasiliABACAPRESS.COM

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Rebels Liberate Sednaya Prison From Assad's Sadistic Grip - Syria

Investigators, civilians, and rebels search through Sednaya Prison, hoping to uncover hidden compartments where detainees might still be held. Outside, hundreds of families anxiously wait for news of their missing or disappeared loved ones, clinging to the hope of a reunion. More than 30,000 people were killed over decades in the ‘human slaughterhouse’ outside Damascus where the regime sought to suppress dissent by execution. Sednaya, the infamous “human slaughterhouse” outside Damascus, was where thousands of regime opponents had been locked up, tortured and killed from the earliest days of the 2011 uprising to the long brutal years of civil war. Rebels filmed as they entered Sednaya, nestled incongruously in the peaceful hills north of Damascus, alongside a monastery and the country villas of Syrian and Arab elites. Syria, December 10, 2024. Photo by Sandro BasiliABACAPRESS.COM

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Rebels Liberate Sednaya Prison From Assad's Sadistic Grip - Syria

Investigators, civilians, and rebels search through Sednaya Prison, hoping to uncover hidden compartments where detainees might still be held. Outside, hundreds of families anxiously wait for news of their missing or disappeared loved ones, clinging to the hope of a reunion. More than 30,000 people were killed over decades in the ‘human slaughterhouse’ outside Damascus where the regime sought to suppress dissent by execution. Sednaya, the infamous “human slaughterhouse” outside Damascus, was where thousands of regime opponents had been locked up, tortured and killed from the earliest days of the 2011 uprising to the long brutal years of civil war. Rebels filmed as they entered Sednaya, nestled incongruously in the peaceful hills north of Damascus, alongside a monastery and the country villas of Syrian and Arab elites. Syria, December 10, 2024. Photo by Sandro BasiliABACAPRESS.COM

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Rebels Liberate Sednaya Prison From Assad's Sadistic Grip - Syria

Investigators, civilians, and rebels search through Sednaya Prison, hoping to uncover hidden compartments where detainees might still be held. Outside, hundreds of families anxiously wait for news of their missing or disappeared loved ones, clinging to the hope of a reunion. More than 30,000 people were killed over decades in the ‘human slaughterhouse’ outside Damascus where the regime sought to suppress dissent by execution. Sednaya, the infamous “human slaughterhouse” outside Damascus, was where thousands of regime opponents had been locked up, tortured and killed from the earliest days of the 2011 uprising to the long brutal years of civil war. Rebels filmed as they entered Sednaya, nestled incongruously in the peaceful hills north of Damascus, alongside a monastery and the country villas of Syrian and Arab elites. Syria, December 10, 2024. Photo by Sandro BasiliABACAPRESS.COM

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Rebels Liberate Sednaya Prison From Assad's Sadistic Grip - Syria

Investigators, civilians, and rebels search through Sednaya Prison, hoping to uncover hidden compartments where detainees might still be held. Outside, hundreds of families anxiously wait for news of their missing or disappeared loved ones, clinging to the hope of a reunion. More than 30,000 people were killed over decades in the ‘human slaughterhouse’ outside Damascus where the regime sought to suppress dissent by execution. Sednaya, the infamous “human slaughterhouse” outside Damascus, was where thousands of regime opponents had been locked up, tortured and killed from the earliest days of the 2011 uprising to the long brutal years of civil war. Rebels filmed as they entered Sednaya, nestled incongruously in the peaceful hills north of Damascus, alongside a monastery and the country villas of Syrian and Arab elites. Syria, December 10, 2024. Photo by Sandro BasiliABACAPRESS.COM

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Rebels Liberate Sednaya Prison From Assad's Sadistic Grip - Syria

Families waiting outside rush toward the main gate of the prison as it opens, desperate for any news about their loved ones. More than 30,000 people were killed over decades in the ‘human slaughterhouse’ outside Damascus where the regime sought to suppress dissent by execution. Sednaya, the infamous “human slaughterhouse” outside Damascus, was where thousands of regime opponents had been locked up, tortured and killed from the earliest days of the 2011 uprising to the long brutal years of civil war. Rebels filmed as they entered Sednaya, nestled incongruously in the peaceful hills north of Damascus, alongside a monastery and the country villas of Syrian and Arab elites. Syria, December 10, 2024. Photo by Sandro BasiliABACAPRESS.COM

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Rebels Liberate Sednaya Prison From Assad's Sadistic Grip - Syria

Investigators, civilians, and rebels search through Sednaya Prison, hoping to uncover hidden compartments where detainees might still be held. Outside, hundreds of families anxiously wait for news of their missing or disappeared loved ones, clinging to the hope of a reunion. More than 30,000 people were killed over decades in the ‘human slaughterhouse’ outside Damascus where the regime sought to suppress dissent by execution. Sednaya, the infamous “human slaughterhouse” outside Damascus, was where thousands of regime opponents had been locked up, tortured and killed from the earliest days of the 2011 uprising to the long brutal years of civil war. Rebels filmed as they entered Sednaya, nestled incongruously in the peaceful hills north of Damascus, alongside a monastery and the country villas of Syrian and Arab elites. Syria, December 10, 2024. Photo by Sandro BasiliABACAPRESS.COM

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Rebels Liberate Sednaya Prison From Assad's Sadistic Grip - Syria

Families wait outside Sednaya Prison, clinging to the hope of finding their incarcerated or disappeared loved ones. Some have been sleeping in front of the prison while investigators, civilians, and rebels search the premises, still hoping to uncover hidden compartments. More than 30,000 people were killed over decades in the ‘human slaughterhouse’ outside Damascus where the regime sought to suppress dissent by execution. Sednaya, the infamous “human slaughterhouse” outside Damascus, was where thousands of regime opponents had been locked up, tortured and killed from the earliest days of the 2011 uprising to the long brutal years of civil war. Rebels filmed as they entered Sednaya, nestled incongruously in the peaceful hills north of Damascus, alongside a monastery and the country villas of Syrian and Arab elites. Syria, December 10, 2024. Photo by Sandro BasiliABACAPRESS.COM

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Rebels Liberate Sednaya Prison From Assad's Sadistic Grip - Syria

Families wait outside Sednaya Prison, clinging to the hope of finding their incarcerated or disappeared loved ones. Some have been sleeping in front of the prison for days, while investigators, civilians, and rebels search the premises, still hoping to uncover hidden compartments. More than 30,000 people were killed over decades in the ‘human slaughterhouse’ outside Damascus where the regime sought to suppress dissent by execution. Sednaya, the infamous “human slaughterhouse” outside Damascus, was where thousands of regime opponents had been locked up, tortured and killed from the earliest days of the 2011 uprising to the long brutal years of civil war. Rebels filmed as they entered Sednaya, nestled incongruously in the peaceful hills north of Damascus, alongside a monastery and the country villas of Syrian and Arab elites. Syria, December 10, 2024. Photo by Sandro BasiliABACAPRESS.COM

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Rebels Liberate Sednaya Prison From Assad's Sadistic Grip - Syria

Families wait outside Sednaya Prison, clinging to the hope of finding their incarcerated or disappeared loved ones. Some have been sleeping in front of the prison for days, while investigators, civilians, and rebels search the premises, still hoping to uncover hidden compartments. More than 30,000 people were killed over decades in the ‘human slaughterhouse’ outside Damascus where the regime sought to suppress dissent by execution. Sednaya, the infamous “human slaughterhouse” outside Damascus, was where thousands of regime opponents had been locked up, tortured and killed from the earliest days of the 2011 uprising to the long brutal years of civil war. Rebels filmed as they entered Sednaya, nestled incongruously in the peaceful hills north of Damascus, alongside a monastery and the country villas of Syrian and Arab elites. Syria, December 10, 2024. Photo by Sandro BasiliABACAPRESS.COM

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Rebels Liberate Sednaya Prison From Assad's Sadistic Grip - Syria

Families wait outside Sednaya Prison, clinging to the hope of finding their incarcerated or disappeared loved ones. Some have been sleeping in front of the prison for days, while investigators, civilians, and rebels search the premises, still hoping to uncover hidden compartments. More than 30,000 people were killed over decades in the ‘human slaughterhouse’ outside Damascus where the regime sought to suppress dissent by execution. Sednaya, the infamous “human slaughterhouse” outside Damascus, was where thousands of regime opponents had been locked up, tortured and killed from the earliest days of the 2011 uprising to the long brutal years of civil war. Rebels filmed as they entered Sednaya, nestled incongruously in the peaceful hills north of Damascus, alongside a monastery and the country villas of Syrian and Arab elites. Syria, December 10, 2024. Photo by Sandro BasiliABACAPRESS.COM

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Rebels Liberate Sednaya Prison From Assad's Sadistic Grip - Syria

Families search through the ecords for the names of their relatives, hoping to learn whether they are still alive, have been released, or might still be inside. More than 30,000 people were killed over decades in the ‘human slaughterhouse’ outside Damascus where the regime sought to suppress dissent by execution. Sednaya, the infamous “human slaughterhouse” outside Damascus, was where thousands of regime opponents had been locked up, tortured and killed from the earliest days of the 2011 uprising to the long brutal years of civil war. Rebels filmed as they entered Sednaya, nestled incongruously in the peaceful hills north of Damascus, alongside a monastery and the country villas of Syrian and Arab elites. Syria, December 10, 2024. Photo by Sandro BasiliABACAPRESS.COM

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Rebels Liberate Sednaya Prison From Assad's Sadistic Grip - Syria

Families wait outside of the front gate of Sednaya Prison, clinging to the hope of finding their incarcerated or disappeared loved ones. Some have been sleeping in front of the prison for days, while investigators, civilians, and rebels search the premises, still hoping to uncover hidden compartments. More than 30,000 people were killed over decades in the ‘human slaughterhouse’ outside Damascus where the regime sought to suppress dissent by execution. Sednaya, the infamous “human slaughterhouse” outside Damascus, was where thousands of regime opponents had been locked up, tortured and killed from the earliest days of the 2011 uprising to the long brutal years of civil war. Rebels filmed as they entered Sednaya, nestled incongruously in the peaceful hills north of Damascus, alongside a monastery and the country villas of Syrian and Arab elites. Syria, December 10, 2024. Photo by Sandro BasiliABACAPRESS.COM

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Rebels Liberate Sednaya Prison From Assad's Sadistic Grip - Syria

Investigators, civilians, and rebels search through Sednaya Prison, hoping to uncover hidden compartments where detainees might still be held. Outside, hundreds of families anxiously wait for news of their missing or disappeared loved ones, clinging to the hope of a reunion. More than 30,000 people were killed over decades in the ‘human slaughterhouse’ outside Damascus where the regime sought to suppress dissent by execution. Sednaya, the infamous “human slaughterhouse” outside Damascus, was where thousands of regime opponents had been locked up, tortured and killed from the earliest days of the 2011 uprising to the long brutal years of civil war. Rebels filmed as they entered Sednaya, nestled incongruously in the peaceful hills north of Damascus, alongside a monastery and the country villas of Syrian and Arab elites. Syria, December 10, 2024. Photo by Sandro BasiliABACAPRESS.COM

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Rebels Liberate Sednaya Prison From Assad's Sadistic Grip - Syria

Investigators, civilians, and rebels search through Sednaya Prison, hoping to uncover hidden compartments where detainees might still be held. Outside, hundreds of families anxiously wait for news of their missing or disappeared loved ones, clinging to the hope of a reunion. More than 30,000 people were killed over decades in the ‘human slaughterhouse’ outside Damascus where the regime sought to suppress dissent by execution. Sednaya, the infamous “human slaughterhouse” outside Damascus, was where thousands of regime opponents had been locked up, tortured and killed from the earliest days of the 2011 uprising to the long brutal years of civil war. Rebels filmed as they entered Sednaya, nestled incongruously in the peaceful hills north of Damascus, alongside a monastery and the country villas of Syrian and Arab elites. Syria, December 10, 2024. Photo by Sandro BasiliABACAPRESS.COM

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Rebels Liberate Sednaya Prison From Assad's Sadistic Grip - Syria

Investigators, civilians, and rebels search through Sednaya Prison, hoping to uncover hidden compartments where detainees might still be held. Outside, hundreds of families anxiously wait for news of their missing or disappeared loved ones, clinging to the hope of a reunion. More than 30,000 people were killed over decades in the ‘human slaughterhouse’ outside Damascus where the regime sought to suppress dissent by execution. Sednaya, the infamous “human slaughterhouse” outside Damascus, was where thousands of regime opponents had been locked up, tortured and killed from the earliest days of the 2011 uprising to the long brutal years of civil war. Rebels filmed as they entered Sednaya, nestled incongruously in the peaceful hills north of Damascus, alongside a monastery and the country villas of Syrian and Arab elites. Syria, December 10, 2024. Photo by Sandro BasiliABACAPRESS.COM

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Rebels Liberate Sednaya Prison From Assad's Sadistic Grip - Syria

Families wait outside Sednaya Prison, clinging to the hope of finding their incarcerated or disappeared loved ones. Some have been sleeping in front of the prison for days, while investigators, civilians, and rebels search the premises, still hoping to uncover hidden compartments. More than 30,000 people were killed over decades in the ‘human slaughterhouse’ outside Damascus where the regime sought to suppress dissent by execution. Sednaya, the infamous “human slaughterhouse” outside Damascus, was where thousands of regime opponents had been locked up, tortured and killed from the earliest days of the 2011 uprising to the long brutal years of civil war. Rebels filmed as they entered Sednaya, nestled incongruously in the peaceful hills north of Damascus, alongside a monastery and the country villas of Syrian and Arab elites. Syria, December 10, 2024. Photo by Sandro BasiliABACAPRESS.COM

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Rebels Liberate Sednaya Prison From Assad's Sadistic Grip - Syria

Investigators, civilians, and rebels search through Sednaya Prison, hoping to uncover hidden compartments where detainees might still be held. Outside, hundreds of families anxiously wait for news of their missing or disappeared loved ones, clinging to the hope of a reunion. More than 30,000 people were killed over decades in the ‘human slaughterhouse’ outside Damascus where the regime sought to suppress dissent by execution. Sednaya, the infamous “human slaughterhouse” outside Damascus, was where thousands of regime opponents had been locked up, tortured and killed from the earliest days of the 2011 uprising to the long brutal years of civil war. Rebels filmed as they entered Sednaya, nestled incongruously in the peaceful hills north of Damascus, alongside a monastery and the country villas of Syrian and Arab elites. Syria, December 10, 2024. Photo by Sandro BasiliABACAPRESS.COM

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Rebels Liberate Sednaya Prison From Assad's Sadistic Grip - Syria

Bathroom of a cell in Sednaya prison. More than 30,000 people were killed over decades in the ‘human slaughterhouse’ outside Damascus where the regime sought to suppress dissent by execution. Sednaya, the infamous “human slaughterhouse” outside Damascus, was where thousands of regime opponents had been locked up, tortured and killed from the earliest days of the 2011 uprising to the long brutal years of civil war. Rebels filmed as they entered Sednaya, nestled incongruously in the peaceful hills north of Damascus, alongside a monastery and the country villas of Syrian and Arab elites. Syria, December 10, 2024. Photo by Sandro BasiliABACAPRESS.COM

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Rebels Liberate Sednaya Prison From Assad's Sadistic Grip - Syria

An empty cell with clothes belonging to former detainees scattered across the floor, bearing silent witness to their absence. More than 30,000 people were killed over decades in the ‘human slaughterhouse’ outside Damascus where the regime sought to suppress dissent by execution. Sednaya, the infamous “human slaughterhouse” outside Damascus, was where thousands of regime opponents had been locked up, tortured and killed from the earliest days of the 2011 uprising to the long brutal years of civil war. Rebels filmed as they entered Sednaya, nestled incongruously in the peaceful hills north of Damascus, alongside a monastery and the country villas of Syrian and Arab elites. Syria, December 10, 2024. Photo by Sandro BasiliABACAPRESS.COM

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Rebels Liberate Sednaya Prison From Assad's Sadistic Grip - Syria

Families search through the ecords for the names of their relatives, hoping to learn whether they are still alive, have been released, or might still be inside. More than 30,000 people were killed over decades in the ‘human slaughterhouse’ outside Damascus where the regime sought to suppress dissent by execution. Sednaya, the infamous “human slaughterhouse” outside Damascus, was where thousands of regime opponents had been locked up, tortured and killed from the earliest days of the 2011 uprising to the long brutal years of civil war. Rebels filmed as they entered Sednaya, nestled incongruously in the peaceful hills north of Damascus, alongside a monastery and the country villas of Syrian and Arab elites. Syria, December 10, 2024. Photo by Sandro BasiliABACAPRESS.COM