A rebel leader in Syria promises to close the infamous Assad jails.

A rebel leader in Syria promises to close the infamous Assad jails.

According to Syrian rebel forces. They intend to shut down the infamously cruel jails that former President Bashar al-Assad oversaw and pursue individuals. Responsible for the torture or murder of captives.

In a statement obtained by the Reuters news agency, rebel leader Ahmed al-Sharaa. Also known as Abu Mohammed al-Jolani. Also declared that he would disband. The former regime’s security forces.

Following the overthrow of the Assad regime on Sunday. Videos emerged of thousands of inmates being released from Saydnaya prison, which rights organizations have called a “human slaughterhouse.”

According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a monitoring organization headquartered in the UK. Around 60,000 individuals were killed and tortured in Assad’s prisons.

The Assad dynasty’s 54-year rule was overthrown by a rapid onslaught led by. Jolani’s Islamist militant group, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), and other Syrian opposition factions.

After rebels took control of the capital Damascus. Assad escaped to Russia early Sunday, where he and his family have been granted shelter.

In a second statement. Jolani stated pardons for individuals who took part in the torture or execution of captives were out of the question.

“We beg countries to hand over those who left so we can obtain justice,” he stated, adding that “we will pursue them in Syria.”

Syrians have flocked to the notorious jails run by the regime in a desperate attempt to find their loved ones ever after President Bashar al-Assad was overthrown.

The Association of Detainees and The Missing in Saydnaya Prison (ADMSP). Located in Turkey, stated in a 2022 report that Saydnaya “essentially became a death camp” following the outbreak of the civil conflict in 2011.

Jolani added. That he would disband. The security forces of the former Assad administration. Given worries about Israeli strikes on the nation’s military infrastructure, it is unclear how quickly rebel forces might reassemble them.