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 man inspects a cell in the infamous Saydnaya military prison, just north of Damascus, Syria, Dec. 9, 2024.
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A man shows two ropes tied in the shape of nooses, found in the infamous Saydnaya military prison, just north of Damascus, Syria, Dec. 9, 2024.
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Two men use their flashlights to inspect a corridor of the infamous Saydnaya military prison, just north of Damascus, Syria, Dec. 9, 2024.
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A woman looks at a room of the infamous Saydnaya military prison, just north of Damascus, Syria, Dec. 9, 2024.
