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“Human slaughterhouses”: inside Syria’s deadly prisons

The Times' Oliver Marsden, who's been visiting Syria's most notorious prison, explains how Bashar Al-Assad used the country's prison network to brutally crush his political opponents.


The World in 10 is the Times' daily podcast dedicated to global security. Expert analysis of war, diplomatic relations and cyber security from The Times' foreign correspondents and military specialists. 


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