Saydnaya prison



Syrian authorities capture high-ranking official who helped run notorious Saydnaya prison

  • Thaer Hussein, a colonel said to be an assistant to the prison director, had been on the run since the collapse of President Bashar Assad’s regime in December
  • Rights groups described it as a “human slaughterhouse” after former inmates told of the torture and extrajudicial killings that took place within its walls
By Arab News ·