In photos: Syrians desperately search for missing relatives in notorious prison
A woman reacts as people join members of the Syrian civil defense group, known as the White Helmets, in search of prisoners at the Sednaya prison in Sednaya, Dec. 11, 2024.
People display the photos of their relatives on mobile phones as they join members of the Syrian civil defense group, known as the White Helmets, in search of prisoners at the Sednaya prison in Sednaya, Dec. 11, 2024.
Hayat al-Turki, 27, searches a room inside Sednaya prison, hoping to find her relatives, in Sednaya, Dec. 11, 2024
Hayat al-Turki holds a phone with the picture of her brother at Sednaya prison as she searches the prison in the hope of finding her relatives, in Sednaya, Syria, Dec. 11, 2024.
People look at bodies, believed to be of prisoners from Sednaya prison, according to forensic official Zaher al-Taqesh, at the Al Mojtahed hospital in Damascus, Syria, Dec. 10, 2024.
People check photos as they search for missing or deceased people on the wall outside the morgue of Al-Mojtahed Hospital in Damascus, Syria, Dec. 11, 2024.
Hilala Meryeh, a 64-year-old Palestinian mother of four, weeps in the middle of the dingy identification room after finding her son's body at the Al-Mojtahed Hospital morgue in Damascus, Syria, Dec. 11, 2024.
Men carry a body, believed to be of a prisoner from Sednaya prison, according to forensic official Zaher al-Taqesh, at the Al Mojtahed hospital in Damascus, Dec. 10, 2024.
A man inspects a cell in the infamous Saydnaya military prison, just north of Damascus, Syria, Dec. 9, 2024.
A man shows two ropes tied in the shape of nooses, found in the infamous Saydnaya military prison, just north of Damascus, Syria, Dec. 9, 2024.
Two men use their flashlights to inspect a corridor of the infamous Saydnaya military prison, just north of Damascus, Syria, Dec. 9, 2024.
A woman looks at a room of the infamous Saydnaya military prison, just north of Damascus, Syria, Dec. 9, 2024.
Members of the Syrian civil defense group, known as the White Helmets, search for prisoners at Sednaya prison, with rebel fighters around, in Sednaya, Dec.9, 2024.
People with relatives who were imprisoned wait outside the infamous Saydnaya military prison, just north of Damascus, Syria, Dec. 9, 2024.
People search through papers as they join members of the Syrian civil defense group, known as the White Helmets, to search for prisoners underground at Sednaya prison, in Sednaya, Dec. 9, 2024.
People gather as members of the Syrian civil defense group, known as the White Helmets, search for prisoners underground at Sednaya prison in Sednaya, Dec. 9, 2024.
A man breaks the lock of a cell in the infamous Saydnaya military prison, just north of Damascus, Syria, Dec. 9, 2024.
People stand outside the infamous Saydnaya military prison, just north of Damascus, Syria, Dec. 9, 2024.