Reckoning with the Assad Regime's 'Machinery of Death'

In the aftermath of Syria’s leader’s fall, NPR’s Ruth Sherlock investigates the extensive network of detention centers and prisons, revealing the extent of killings under former president Bashar al-Assad. In this episode of The Sunday Story, she explores a notorious prison where thousands were detained and killed, and visits a suspected mass gravesite near Damascus, speaking with former prisoners and witnesses to the regime’s “machinery of death.” Produced by Justine Yan and edited by Jenny Schmidt, the episode sheds light on the atrocities committed in Syria.

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