Using only the light on their mobile phones, wailing men and women examined disfigured bodies lying in a darkened hospital morgue in Syria's capital for signs of their relatives who had disappeared into Bashar al-Assad's notorious prison system, Reuters reported. Dozens of corpses - blackened, decomposing and missing limbs or heads - were found overnight by rescuers digging for hidden cells at Sednaya, a prison north of Damascus, where rights groups said torture and mass executions had been common, Reuters said.
In photos: Syrians desperately search for missing relatives in notorious prison
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A woman reacts as people join members of the Syrian civil defense group, known as the White Helmets, in search of prisoners at the Sednaya prison in Sednaya, Dec. 11, 2024.
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People display the photos of their relatives on mobile phones as they join members of the Syrian civil defense group, known as the White Helmets, in search of prisoners at the Sednaya prison in Sednaya, Dec. 11, 2024.
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Hayat al-Turki, 27, searches a room inside Sednaya prison, hoping to find her relatives, in Sednaya, Dec. 11, 2024
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Hayat al-Turki holds a phone with the picture of her brother at Sednaya prison as she searches the prison in the hope of finding her relatives, in Sednaya, Syria, Dec. 11, 2024.
