Syrians Dig to Free Prisoners From Torture Chambers

“In the gut-wrenching footage in the aftermath of Bashar al-Assad’s fall in Syria, children, the elderly, women and men sprint toward the exit of the notorious Sednaya Prison on the outskirts of Damascus — some stand frozen in confusion at the news of their freedom,” Bloomberg reports.

“The Assads notoriously used the prison system to lock up political dissidents, from leftists to suspected Islamists — but the rebels who overthrew the government over the weekend have opened the gates. Now, after the regime’s swift collapse, Syrians are trying to find loved ones who disappeared during the 13-year civil war or the Assads’ half-century rule — and grappling with the fallout.”