Syrian authorities have said they had arrested a former military official accused of executing detainees at the notorious Sednaya prison during the rule of former President Bashar al-Assad. In a ...

Syrians found their voices in 2011 when, in the context of the wider Arab Spring, they rose up against nearly a half-century of the regime’s brutal repression. But they paid an enormous price. Assad ...

Many in Syria want to enshrine remnants of their recent history, not only to remember it, but as a cautionary tale. By Raja Abdulrahim Reporting from Sednaya, Azaz and Damascus, Syria Banners, posters ...

The names of those sentenced to death were called once a week. These men were removed from the group cells of Sednaya Prison and chained together. They were usually held in designated cells for their ...

An aerial photo shows people gathering at the Sednaya prison in Damascus on Dec. 9, 2024. Syrian rescuers searched the jail, synonymous with the worst atrocities of ousted President Bashar Assad's ...