Coverage of Syria’s prisons overlooks their decades-long use as key destinations for extraordinary rendition, where terror ...

Orla Guerin visits Al-Sina prison in north-eastern Syria, where many suspected fighters have been held for years. Burt, ...

The French and German foreign ministers toured Syria’s notorious Sednaya prison on Friday, January 3, in the company of members of the Syria Civil Defence, or White Helmets. Footage by Obada Jbara ...

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 ...

Adnan Kassar was a celebrated figure in the country's sports scene but tells Sky News how outshining Bassel al Assad was ...

An American who was released this week after being held in a Syrian prison for seven months has been flown out of the country on a U.S. military helicopter, according to a U.S. official who spoke ...

The Syrian civil defence group known as the White Helmets says it is investigating reports from survivors of the country's ...

Syrian forces arrested over 40 suspected regime officials in Homs, including one responsible for the cameras at the notorious ...

WASHINGTON - A federal grand jury in Los Angeles charged a former Syrian government official who headed the Damascus Central Prison from 2005 to 2008 with torture, the U.S. Justice Department ...

The prison has long been infamous for its widespread human rights violations, including arbitrary detention and systemic torture. A freed Syrian prisoner, left, hugs his brother after being ...

WARNING: This story includes graphic descriptions of torture.Nabil Hawara painfully remembers the endless cycle of torture ...

WASHINGTON, Dec 12 (Reuters) - A federal grand jury in Los Angeles charged a former Syrian government official who headed the Damascus Central Prison from 2005 to 2008 with torture, the U.S ...