2017 Iraq Photo Shared as Recent Detainees in Syrian Prisons

2017 Iraq Photo Shared as Recent Detainees in Syrian Prisons

The photo was taken in a Mosul prison in Iraq in July 2017 (Twitter).

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Social media users recently shared a photo purporting to show a group of detainees in one of the Syrian regime's prisons.

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طال الهجر... محمود الحراكي

طال الهجر... محمود الحراكي

ابو صلاح

Dr. yann kazara

Dr. yann kazara

Misbar’s Analysis

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Syrian Network for Human Rights

Syrian Network for Human Rights

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