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Sednaya

New Lines’ Best of Syria Reporting

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

Where the Bodies Are Buried

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’

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.