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For today, a link to a report from Reuters; others are accessible by clicking on its name below. (Scroll down for SYRIA 12-20-25, and up or down for GAZA, LEBANON, UKRAINE and MEDIA.) — MCM

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Assad’s prisons emptied by Syria fill up again as abuse spreads. From Reuters. Prisons and lockups that jailed tens of thousands of people during Assad’s rule are now crowded with Syrians detained by President Ahmed al-Sharaa’s security forces and held without formal charges, a Reuters investigation has found. READ MORE . . .

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