Men stand in Sednaya Prison in Syria after the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime
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Photos have shown the inside of a military prison in after the regime of was toppled. Rebels overthrew the country’s leader, who is believed to now be in the capital, Moscow, yesterday.
Pictures from Sednaya Prison have shown men holding up nooses and people gathering around documents. Clothes littered the floors, with the horrifying conditions suffered by inmates also evident.
Photos also feature large crowds assembled outside the building. Reports have suggested that women, children, and men were freed after the prison fell.
posted by local media featured rebels freeing people from the prison near the country’s capital, Damascus.
On social media, footage showing has been shared. The child is said to have been locked up with their mother.
Men hold up nooses in the prison.
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People examine papers in Sednaya prison.
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Sednaya Prison is close to the Syrian capital, Damascus
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A man looks at the prison wall as clothes litter the floor.
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