Syrian army bases in capital become prisons
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Syrian President Bashar Assad's key military unit in charge of protecting Damascus, is running secret prisons holding hundreds of suspected regime opponents, a Syria-based human rights group said in a report Monday.
The Violations Documentation Center said the regime's 4th Division runs detention centers in its bases in and around Damascus. The division is commanded by Maher Assad, the president's younger brother. It is considered a pillar of loyalist forces and is charged with defending the capital, the seat of Assad's power. (AP)
