A look at the best news photos from around the world in 2004.

Eyewitness testimony from several prisoners held for years in Syria's most notorious prison tell NPR about systematic executions. They recall details of how mass murder was committed and covered up.

This is where the road to Syria's Sednaya prison begins — another of humanity's grim discoveries in the realm of torture and ...

Sednaya prison was the site where thousands of Syrians were tortured and killed under Assad’s regime. Investigators have ...

Mohammed Kanjo Hassan was arrested in the Tartus province; it is believed he has issued 'thousands' of sentences for people ...

Follow the latest on Syria Syria's new authorities have arrested the former head of the military judiciary in the ousted ...

The hunt for the former head of the military judiciary under long-time ruler Bashar al-Assad, Mohammed Kanjou al-Hassan, ...

Aleppo-based activist says pro-Iranian elements behind violence caused the death of security personnel and torched religious sites.

From the collapse of the Syrian regime and the flight of former President Bashar Assad, a deluge of news stories has emerged from a nation struggling to recover. Syria, described as a vast prison ...

A key Syrian rescue group and an activist told AFP on Wednesday a burial site outside Damascus was likely a mass grave for ...

Three rights group on Monday appealed to Syria's new rulers to urgently preserve evidence of atrocities committed under former president Bashar al-Assad.

Human rights activists and war crimes lawyers have long been trying to build cases against President Bashar al Assad’s regime ...