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NDTV Exclusive: Repression, Torture, Slavery - Syrians Recall Horrors Of Assad Rule
Syria witnessed a swift revolution that ended five decades of Assad family rule. Rebels and the Syrian opposition seized control of Damascus in a movement that stunned the world.
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Dungeons, Torture Chambers Exposed After Assad's Fall In Syria
Syrians lived in terror for decades of what went on behind the concrete walls of Damascus's security compound. Now the Assad dynasty has been toppled, its dungeons and torture chambers are giving up their secrets.
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"Will Not Hesitate...": Syria Rebel Leader's Big Warning To Assad's Men
Abu Mohammed al-Jolani aka Ahmed al-Sharaa, the Syrian rebel leader who led the lightning offensive that put an end to Bashar al-Assad's rule, has said the new dispensation would go after senior officials responsible for torture
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Mass Hangings, Torture That Destroyed Hope: Syria's 'Human Slaughterhouse'
As a 13-year-old rebellion overthrew the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria, the rebels released prisoners held up for years in government prisons near Damascus, Hama and Aleppo. Among these prisons, the most notorious is Saydnaya
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2 ISIS Terrorists, Dubbed "Beatles", Tortured And Killed Western Tourists
Britain and the United States are in talks about the fate of two captured British ISIS terrorists, suspected of being part of a notorious group known for torturing and killing Western hostages, British Home Secretary Amber Rudd said
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Britain And US In Talks Over Captured British IS Fighters: UK minister
Britain and the United States are in talks about the fate of two captured British ISIS militants, suspected of being part of a notorious group known for torturing and killing Western hostages, British Home Secretary Amber Rudd said.
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They Were Wrongly Accused Of Terror. Canada Is Paying Them $31 Million
Canada settled a lawsuit with three citizens who were wrongly accused of terror links and tortured in Syria and Egypt for Can$31.5 million (US$24.6 million), local media said Thursday.
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A Journey Into Syria's Secret Torture Wards
One evening in the early days of Syria's uprising, Mohsen al-Masri's band of activists slipped through the Damascus streets and waited for the coast to clear. Then they crouched down, opened their bags and let out a stream of color.
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Canada Apologises To Men Tortured In Syria, Agrees Settlement
Canada on Friday formally apologised to three Canadian men of Arab descent who said they had been tortured in Syria and blamed Canadian secret services for their ordeal.
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How A British Citizen Became One Of The Most Notorious Members Of ISIS
The last member of the group of British jailers who supervised the torture and killing of Western hostages held by the Islamic State has been identified as a 27-year-old Londoner who traveled to Syria in 2012.
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Nearly 13,000 Syrians, Including 108 Children Killed by Regime Torture Since 2011: Monitor
Nearly 13,000 Syrians, including 108 children, have been tortured to death in government prisons since the uprising began in March 2011, a monitoring group said on Friday.
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Syria Regime Killed Nearly 600 Doctors
Syrian government forces have killed nearly 600 doctors and medical workers with bomb attacks, sniper fire and torture over the past four years of war, Physicians for Human Rights said in a hard-hitting report released Wednesday.
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Islamic State Tortured Child Hostages, Says Rights Group
Islamic State militants in Syria forced children as young as 14 to watch videos of beheadings and beat them with cables during six months of captivity, Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday.
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Nearly 2,000 Dead in Syria Jails This Year: Monitor
Nearly 2,000 people have died in Syrian prisons of torture, starvation and lack of medical treatment so far this year, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Sunday.
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US spy chief calls Syria 'apocalyptic disaster'
The top U.S. intelligence chief said on Tuesday the war in Syria had created an "apocalyptic disaster" and said he was convinced that documents alleging torture and murder in the conflict were authentic.
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NDTV Exclusive: Repression, Torture, Slavery - Syrians Recall Horrors Of Assad Rule
Syria witnessed a swift revolution that ended five decades of Assad family rule. Rebels and the Syrian opposition seized control of Damascus in a movement that stunned the world.
-
Dungeons, Torture Chambers Exposed After Assad's Fall In Syria
Syrians lived in terror for decades of what went on behind the concrete walls of Damascus's security compound. Now the Assad dynasty has been toppled, its dungeons and torture chambers are giving up their secrets.
-
"Will Not Hesitate...": Syria Rebel Leader's Big Warning To Assad's Men
Abu Mohammed al-Jolani aka Ahmed al-Sharaa, the Syrian rebel leader who led the lightning offensive that put an end to Bashar al-Assad's rule, has said the new dispensation would go after senior officials responsible for torture
-
Mass Hangings, Torture That Destroyed Hope: Syria's 'Human Slaughterhouse'
As a 13-year-old rebellion overthrew the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria, the rebels released prisoners held up for years in government prisons near Damascus, Hama and Aleppo. Among these prisons, the most notorious is Saydnaya
-
2 ISIS Terrorists, Dubbed "Beatles", Tortured And Killed Western Tourists
Britain and the United States are in talks about the fate of two captured British ISIS terrorists, suspected of being part of a notorious group known for torturing and killing Western hostages, British Home Secretary Amber Rudd said
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Britain And US In Talks Over Captured British IS Fighters: UK minister
Britain and the United States are in talks about the fate of two captured British ISIS militants, suspected of being part of a notorious group known for torturing and killing Western hostages, British Home Secretary Amber Rudd said.
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They Were Wrongly Accused Of Terror. Canada Is Paying Them $31 Million
Canada settled a lawsuit with three citizens who were wrongly accused of terror links and tortured in Syria and Egypt for Can$31.5 million (US$24.6 million), local media said Thursday.
-
A Journey Into Syria's Secret Torture Wards
One evening in the early days of Syria's uprising, Mohsen al-Masri's band of activists slipped through the Damascus streets and waited for the coast to clear. Then they crouched down, opened their bags and let out a stream of color.
-
Canada Apologises To Men Tortured In Syria, Agrees Settlement
Canada on Friday formally apologised to three Canadian men of Arab descent who said they had been tortured in Syria and blamed Canadian secret services for their ordeal.
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How A British Citizen Became One Of The Most Notorious Members Of ISIS
The last member of the group of British jailers who supervised the torture and killing of Western hostages held by the Islamic State has been identified as a 27-year-old Londoner who traveled to Syria in 2012.
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Nearly 13,000 Syrians, Including 108 Children Killed by Regime Torture Since 2011: Monitor
Nearly 13,000 Syrians, including 108 children, have been tortured to death in government prisons since the uprising began in March 2011, a monitoring group said on Friday.
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Syria Regime Killed Nearly 600 Doctors
Syrian government forces have killed nearly 600 doctors and medical workers with bomb attacks, sniper fire and torture over the past four years of war, Physicians for Human Rights said in a hard-hitting report released Wednesday.
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Islamic State Tortured Child Hostages, Says Rights Group
Islamic State militants in Syria forced children as young as 14 to watch videos of beheadings and beat them with cables during six months of captivity, Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday.
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Nearly 2,000 Dead in Syria Jails This Year: Monitor
Nearly 2,000 people have died in Syrian prisons of torture, starvation and lack of medical treatment so far this year, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Sunday.
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US spy chief calls Syria 'apocalyptic disaster'
The top U.S. intelligence chief said on Tuesday the war in Syria had created an "apocalyptic disaster" and said he was convinced that documents alleging torture and murder in the conflict were authentic.
