Mon, December 9, 2024

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: Yahoo

Syrian government services come to a 'complete ha .. ' as state workers stay home after rebel takeover

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: The New York Times

The Fall of Assad in Syria: How It Happened and What Comes Next

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: Detroit News

Trump has flip-flopped on abortion policy. His appointees may offer clues to what happens next

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: St. Louis Post-Dispatch

International Institute of St. Louis' CEO is out

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: Buffalo News

And then there were 3: Council Member Rasheed Wyatt enters Buffalo mayor's race

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: Smithsonian Magazine

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[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: AOL

Ghana becomes record fifth African nation to see opposition victory this year

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: BBC

Rachel Reeves signals wider reset of EU relations

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: Journalist's Resource

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[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: Yahoo

Syrian PM says government still works, but UN official says public sector is at a 'complete halt'

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: The New York Times

Supreme Court Turns Down Cases on Admissions, Gender Identity and Guns

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: Sydney Morning Herald

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[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: Mother Jones

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[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: CNN

'Someone who sees enemies everywhere': How Kash P .. t lawyer fueled his disdain for Washington elites

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: The Independent

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[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: WESA

Meet Pennsylvania's 2024 electors and learn about the Electoral College

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: The Mirror

Downfall of 'rat of Damascus' Assad is a 'humiliation' for Russia and Iran, says David Lammy

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: London Evening Standard

Government accused of 'tinkering' with housebuilding permissions

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: CNN

Who is the leader of Syria's rebels and what does he want?

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: The Grio

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[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: Wall Street Journal

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[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: Associated Press

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[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: The Financial Times

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[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: CNN

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[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: USA Today

Counselor to the president pick Alina Habba was scolded by judge in Trump's defamation trial

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: MSN

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[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: Fox News

Democrat Ritchie Torres' torrent of attacks again .. own party fuels primary showdown buzz in New York

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: National Post

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[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: The Atlantic

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[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: USA Today

The world won't wait: Trump's foreign policy takeover begins, from Syria to Ukraine

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: MSN

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[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: MSN

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[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: MSN

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[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: The Atlantic

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[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: Sky

UK to reduce support for Georgia after 'shocking scenes of violence' at EU protests

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: MSN

Germany and Austria freeze Syrian refugee claims

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: MSN

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[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: MSN

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[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: MSN

Syria's Assad and his family are in Moscow after .. ia granted them asylum, say Russian news agencies

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: MSN

'What's going on?': Why the government's deficit projections remain a mystery

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: MSN

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[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: The Hill

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[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: RepublicWorld

How US President-Elect Donald Trump Is Reshaping The Federal Government

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: MSN

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[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: MSN

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[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: MSN

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[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: MSN

Assad's Fall After 24-Year Rule Creates Power Vacuum in Middle East

Iron body presses and bed clamps: horrors of Syria's 'slaughterhouse' prison emerges

Assad's most notorious prisons has revealed that the Syrian dictator used underground cells and body-crushing iron presses to detain and torture thousands of civilians. Syrian rescue teams were still trying desperately to reach prisoners trapped in the underground labyrinth of jails deep inside the
The article details the harrowing conditions inside Syria's Sednaya Prison, often referred to as the "slaughterhouse" due to the extreme torture and executions that take place there. According to Amnesty International's report, prisoners are subjected to brutal torture methods including the "iron body press," where individuals are squeezed between metal plates, and "bed clamps" where they are strapped to a bed and beaten. The prison, located near Damascus, has been a site of mass executions, with estimates suggesting that between 5,000 and 13,000 people were killed there between 2011 and 2015. Survivors and former guards have described a system designed to break the spirit and body of detainees, many of whom are held without charge or trial. The report also highlights the psychological torture, with prisoners often hearing the screams of others or witnessing executions, creating an environment of pervasive fear and dehumanization. The international community has been urged to investigate these atrocities, which are part of a broader pattern of human rights abuses by the Syrian regime.

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