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A year ago, Syria''s new leader pledged to ''close the notorious prisons'' run by Bashar al-Assad. But prisons and detention centers are again operating. And beatings,
A year ago, Syria''s new leader pledged to ''close the notorious prisons'' run by Bashar al-Assad. But prisons and detention centers are again operating. And beatings,
Hundreds of people take to the streets in Tartous and Latakia to demand the release of former soldiers.
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