{"id":136996,"date":"2024-12-14T16:33:47","date_gmt":"2024-12-14T09:33:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=136996"},"modified":"2024-12-14T16:33:47","modified_gmt":"2024-12-14T09:33:47","slug":"with-al-assad-gone-syrians-search-prisons-for-traces-of-their-loved-ones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=136996","title":{"rendered":"With al-Assad Gone, Syrians Search Prisons for Traces of Their Loved Ones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Her brother was pulled from his car at a military checkpoint nearly a decade ago, her brother-in-law dragged from his house by the police. Two of her cousins were arrested near the airport in the Syrian capital, Damascus. She said she never had heard from any of them again.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">So after the <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2024\/12\/08\/world\/syria-war-damascus\" title=\"\">fall of President Bashar al-Assad<\/a> on Sunday, Ghusun Juma, 35, began a quest for answers that led her to an underground prison in one of Syria\u2019s most notorious detention centers, a drab collection of buildings in southeastern Damascus.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cI am looking to see if there is anything that belonged to my brother, his ID card, or something with his name on it,\u201d she said, guiding herself through a dark, dank cell block with a cellphone flashlight. \u201cI have been looking since the first day, but I haven\u2019t found anything anywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. al-Assad\u2019s ouster, and his <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/12\/08\/world\/middleeast\/syria-army-assad-fall.html\" title=\"\">troops\u2019 abandonment of their bases<\/a> as rebels stormed through Damascus, has exposed the black boxes of one of the Arab world\u2019s most repressive regimes. While some Syrians have <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/12\/10\/world\/middleeast\/assad-presidential-palace.html\" title=\"\">wandered through his luxurious palace<\/a>, many more have combed through the vast network of detention centers whose repression helped keep him in power.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">An untold number of Syrians disappeared into the maw of that security apparatus over the decades. As the rebels broke into prisons and freed prisoners over the last few weeks, many Syrians hoped that their missing relatives would soon return home.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/12\/13\/world\/middleeast\/syria-al-assad-prisons-damascus.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Her brother was pulled from his car at a military checkpoint nearly a decade ago, her brother-in-law dragged from his house by the police. 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