Shadi Haroun inside Harasta Air Force Intelligence Branch in Syria in December 2024.

Syria's Detainee Files

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FRONTLINE investigates the Assad regime’s arrest, torture and execution of detainees during the Syrian war. Former prisoners, guards, soldiers and intelligence officials shed new light on atrocities carried out during Bashar al-Assad’s reign.

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