The family last heard five months ago that the brother, Mahmoud, was being held in Saydnaya, one of Assad’s most notorious prisons, on the outskirts of Damascus. It was thought to house ...

DAMASCUS: Roaming the opulent Damascus home ... "I am taking pictures, because I am so happy to be here in the middle of his house," said the 44-year-old, showing photographs he took on his ...