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Syria: the syrian prison, bureaucracy of death, marketplace of extortion
From the Raid Department that falls under the Military Security’s Branch 215—commonly referred to as the “Branch of Death”— Asharq Al-Awsat began its tour of the prisons of the ousted Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad.
Source: Asharq Al-Awsat (18/01/2025)