Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. I conceived this piece as an attempt to compare the modern systems of dehumanization that still exist and function in different ...

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 ...

ALBAWABA - Shooting for the new series, titled Qaysar (Caesar), has begun in the Syrian capital, Damascus, on Feb. 24, which will talk about the torture stories that took place in Sednaya Prison. It ...

SEDNAYA, Syria (Reuters) - As families desperately scoured the filthy cells of Syria's forbidding Sednaya prison on Monday for any sign of long-detained relatives after its gates were flung open by ...

ALBAWABA - A video from Syria has dominated social media after a former prisoner at Sednaya Prison confronted his jailer, who tortured him for years. Sednaya Prison, which is known as the "Human ...

The Assad regime ran a network of torture centers that swallowed up tens of thousands of Syrians. Now that the rebels have opened the gates, many see a chance to learn of the detainees’ fates. By ...

BEIRUT — As Syria’s government consolidates control after years of civil war, President Bashar al-Assad’s army is doubling down on executions of political prisoners, with military judges accelerating ...

Under Syria's president, a vast jail complex in the capital Damascus was known as a place where Syrians were disappeared without trial. Now it's crowded with with families searching for loved ones.

At the country’s most notorious prison, Syrians confront their worst fears: that they will never know what happened to the loved ones who disappeared. At the country’s most notorious prison, Syrians ...

Damascus — The European Union backs a peaceful, inclusive transition in Syria, top French and German diplomats said Friday as they visited Damascus to meet with new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa. French ...

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First, though, we begin in Syria. Under the rule of former President Bashar al-Assad, Sednaya prison was full of people detained by the regime. It's a vast jail complex in the Syrian capital, Damascus ...