The vast prison network set up by ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was not only a tool to suppress opponents of his rule, but also a way for his supporters to make money.

Ahmed al-Sharaa, the commander of military operations in the Syrian opposition, announced on Wednesday his intention to dissolve the security services of the former regime and close the notorious prisons.

During a year of genocide practiced by Israel in the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023, the Israeli army has arrested thousands of Palestinian civilians from the Strip, which it has besieged for the eighteenth consecutive year.