Syria arrests major officer in charge of notorious Assad-era prison
Syrian authorities said on Wednesday they had arrested a former military official accused of executing detainees at the infamous Saydnaya ...
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Huge blast and gunfire in central Mogadishu claimed by Al-Shabaab
A massive blast followed by gunfire was heard in central Mogadishu on Saturday, near a detention facility where Somalia's intelligence ...
Al-Shabaab claim attack on Somali detention centre in Mogadishu
Al-Shabaab claimed a suicide bombing on Saturday of a detention centre in Mogadishu where Somali authorities often hold captured members ...
Jailed Thai ex-PM Thaksin requests royal pardon: lawyer
Thailand's influential former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has applied for a royal pardon to reduce his one-year prison sentence, his ...
Lebanese militant lands in Beirut after 40 years in French jail: airport source bur/at/kir/ysm
Pro-Palestinian Lebanese militant Georges Ibrahim Abdallah arrived back in Beirut on Friday after serving more than 40 years in jail ...
Iran judiciary says Israeli strike on Tehran’s Evin prison killed 71
An Israeli strike on Tehran's Evin prison during this month's 12-day war killed at least 71 people, Iran's judiciary said ...
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