Sednaya
The Afterlives of the Disappeared
When the Assad regime collapsed, the doors of its prisons were flung open to release tens of thousands of political prisoners. A year later, three former detainees — one rebuilding his family, one turning his trauma into film, one determined to forget everything — trace the uneven road of life after captivity.
The Fall of the House of Assad and the Dawn of a New Syria
In this special issue of the Week in Review, we dive into the New Lines archives for a look back at some of our best essays on Syria
Families Seek Closure at a Damascus Morgue
Syrians with family members disappeared in regime prisons have gathered at the morgue in al-Mujtahid hospital in Damascus to search for their loved ones’ remains.
Hope and Despair at Assad’s ‘Human Slaughterhouse’
New Lines reports from Sednaya Prison, where Syrians brave horrors in a desperate search for lost loved ones.