'I’d Scream Louder': After Assad’s Fall, Brothers Return to Saydnaya Prison | FRONTLINE (PBS)

Bashar al-Assad’s regime detained over a million people during the Syrian war. Saydnaya was the regime’s most notorious prison. In this video drawn from the documentary "Syria’s Detainee Files," brothers who were held at Saydnaya describe their experience – and so does a former guard who admits to torturing people there.

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“Syria’s Detainee Files” will be available to stream in full June 10, 2025, on YouTube, in the PBS App and at pbs.org/frontline.

“Syria’s Detainee Files” is a BBC Current Affairs production for GBH/FRONTLINE and BBC. The producers are Amel Guettatfi, Saad Al Nassife and Sara Obeidat. The directors are Sasha Joelle Achilli and Sara Obeidat. The senior producer is Dan Edge. The editor-in-chief and executive producer of FRONTLINE is Raney Aronson-Rath.

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