‘A number not a name’: In Syria, freed prisoners recall horrors of the past (December 10th, 2024)

Hala is one of the thousands who have been freed from the prisons of ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime, after it spectacularly collapsed amid a rebel offensive in less than two weeks.
The prison at Aleppo was among a number of facilities opened up by HTS, whose lightning advance from Aleppo to Damascus has stunned many around the world and ousted al-Assad.