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Syrians were tortured with ‘the tire’ and ‘magic carpet’ The tortures had names. One was called the “magic carpet,” where a detainee was strapped to a hinged wooden plank that bends in ...

Abdullah Zahra demonstrates how he was tortured in a cell at Branch 215, a detention facility run by military intelligence during Bashar Assad's regime, in Damascus, Syria, on Tuesday, Dec. 17 ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. As tens of thousands disappeared over more than a decade, a blanket of fear kept the Syrian population ...

Syrians were tortured with ‘the tire’ and ‘magic carpet’ The Assad regime's tortures had names. One was called the “magic carpet,” where a detainee was strapped to a hinged wooden ...

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Handcuffed and squatting on the floor, Abdullah Zahra saw smoke rising from his cellmate’s flesh as his torturers gave him electric shocks. Then it was Zahra’s turn ...

The Assad regime's tortures had names. One was called the “magic carpet,” where a detainee was strapped to a hinged wooden plank that bends in half, folding his head to his feet, which are ...