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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

Legendary cartel drug lord Fabio Ochoa Vasquez deported to Colombia after release from US prison Blogging Sole

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Legendary cartel drug lord Fabio Ochoa Vasquez deported to Colombia after release from US prison Blogging Sole

One of Colombia’s legendary drug lords and a Key operator of the Medellín cartel expelled to this South American country, after serving 25 years of a 30-year prison sentence in the United States. Soon after, Fabio Ochoa was a free man again. Ochoa arrived at Bogota’s El Dorado Airport on a deportation flight Monday, wearing … Read more

7 dead in prison riot as officers attempt to transfer 2 dangerous inmates to Mexico Blogging Sole

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Seven inmates were killed in a riot at a southern Mexican prison when inmates resisting transfer to other prisons fought police with guns and knives, authorities said Thursday. Four police officers and six other detainees were injured during riots in the town of Villahermosa, the capital of the Gulf coast state of Tabasco. State Police … Read more

Uncertainty in Syrian prison filled with IS supporters after fall of Assad regime Blogging Sole

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Uncertainty in Syrian prison filled with IS supporters after fall of Assad regime Blogging Sole

A prison in eastern Syria is housing thousands of ISIS prisoners. The prison director said the inmates did not know that the Syrian regime in Damascus had been overthrown. The prison is guarded by U.S.-backed Syrian forces, which control about a quarter of the country. Senior foreign correspondent Holly Williams has more.