Files from Aleppo Intelligence Facility Show Extent of Assad Repression

(Washington Post) Louisa Loveluck - The binders in the basement of Aleppo's general intelligence branch lay out what happened here in meticulous detail. They list every victim and every alleged crime. There were buildings like this in every Syrian city. Long before prisoners reached the country's notorious jails, they were surveilled and interrogated in their neighborhoods. At least half a million people were killed and 100,000 disappeared during Syria's civil war, and branches like the one in Aleppo cranked the engine of killing.


2024-12-15 00:00:00

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