Syrian govt denies US claim of crematorium at prison
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BEIRUT -- The Syrian government on Tuesday denied US accusations that a crematorium had been built at one of its prisons that could be used to dispose of detainees' remains, saying the claim was devoid of truth.
A foreign ministry statement published by state news agency SANA said the US administration had come out with "a new Hollywood story detached from reality" by alleging the crematorium had been built at Sednaya military prison near Damascus.
Stuart Jones, acting US assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern Affairs, said on Monday that US officials believe the crematorium could be used to dispose of bodies at a prison where they believe Assad's government authorized the mass hangings of thousands of inmates during Syria's six-year-old civil war
