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Top EU diplomats travel to Syria, visit deposed Assad regime’s notorious Sednaya prison and call for inclusive leadership Blogging Sole

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Damascus — The European Union supports a peaceful and inclusive transition in Syria, senior French and German diplomats said Friday during their visit to Damascus to meet new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa. French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot and his German counterpart Annalena Baerbock were in the Syrian capital for talks on behalf of the European Union, … Read more

New details of notorious Captagon drug trade revealed as Syrian Assad regime collapses Blogging Sole

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Damascus — In a remote corner outside Damascus, Syria, a now-abandoned potato chip factory reveals one of the world’s many dark but revealed secrets. fallen regime of Bashar al-Assad. A CBS News crew gained access to the site and found a warehouse stocked with industrial-scale hydrochloric acid and acetic acid, which are chemical precursors needed … Read more

Former Syrian military official who oversaw notorious prison indicted in California on federal torture charges Blogging Sole

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A former Syrian military official who oversaw a prison where human rights violations allegedly took place has been charge with multiple counts of torture after being arrested in July for visa fraud, authorities announced Thursday. Samir Ousman al-Sheikh, who oversaw Syria’s notorious Adra prison from 2005 to 2008 under recently ousted President Bashar al-Assad has … Read more

Syrians hope to learn fate of lost loved ones after notorious prison is liberated Blogging Sole

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Syrians hope to learn fate of lost loved ones after notorious prison is liberated Blogging Sole

Syrians hope to learn fate of lost loved ones after notorious prison is released – CBS News Watch CBS News Rebels liberated Syria’s notorious Sednaya prison last week. Today, many people come to look for family members in a place where thousands of people have disappeared over the years. Elizabeth Palmer reports. Be the first … Read more