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US: Assad killing thousands of prisoners, burning bodies

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Published: 16 May 2017

Last updated: 4 March 2024

US: Syria's Assad has killed thousands of prisoners, burned bodies in crematorium outside Damascus – Amir Tibon/AP – Haaretz 15.05.17
About 50 detainees a day are being hanged at Saydnaya military prison, about 45 minutes from Damascus, according to US State Department.

Israeli Minister calls for assassination of Syria's Assad – Byanna Ahronheim – The Jerusalem Post 16.05.17


Housing Minister Yoav Galant also charges that the rule of the Assad regime is the worst since the Nazis in WWII.



Related: A Shoah of the Syrian people

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