Photo Gallery Hell in Damascus
A Syrian man shows marks of torture on his back, after he was released from regime forces in 2012. Last week, German authorities for the first time arrested two men who were alleged to have been part of the regime's torture apparatus.
Syrian President Bashar Assad in Damascus in October 2018. Tens of thousands of people have been imprisoned in the regime's jails, and many have been tortured or killed.
A Syrian woman carrying Assad's portrait in Damascus in April 2018 proteste strikes carried out by the United States, Britain and France. According to estimates, Syria's civil intelligence service has approximately 10,000 employees.
A Syrian flag in central Damascus. Both of the two men arrested in Germany are accused of carrying out crimes against humanity. One rounded up people accused of supporting the opposition to Assad, while the other was a lead investigator within the intelligence service.
Light from defensive weapons during an air attack above Damascus in April 2018. In July of last year, a German national working with a nongovernmental organization, was arrested near the Syrian-Iraqi border.
