An aerial view of Sednaya Prison, outside Damascus, Syria. Image: Google Earth; Screenshot: The Intercept
Murtaza Hussain, Mariam Elba, The Intercept: As Assad Claims Victory in Syrian Civil War, Families Learn Fates of Disappeared Loved Ones
Two weeks before they were set to be married, Noura Ghazi’s fiancé disappeared the first time.
Bassel Khartabil, a Syrian-Palestinian software designer and peaceful activist, had been picked up by Syrian authorities in the al-Mezzeh district of Damascus. The arrest had come on March 15, 2012, exactly a year after Syrians began to rise up against the government of Bashar al-Assad. It would be months before Khartabil resurfaced: Ghazi finally received a short letter from him explaining that he was being held at a military detention facility. He had been charged with spying for an unspecified foreign state.
A few more months passed before Ghazi was able to see Khartabil. The couple had several brief visits in custody. During one of the face-to-face meetings, in early 2013, they got married. The occasional visits continued until October 2015, when Bassel once again disappeared.
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WNU Editor: This is not going to bring closure or peace to the families who have lost loved ones in the past 7 years.
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