An outside view from 'White Building' also called as the execution block of Sednaya Prison, infamous for torture under the toppled Bashar al-Assad regime in Damascus, Syria, on December 16, 2024. The Sednaya Military Prison, 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Damascus, became a site for mass executions and torture after 2011, with thousands killed and subjected to inhumane conditions. Photo by Ugur Yildirim/DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM