Guterres tours Syria’s notorious ‘Assad Prison’ in Sednaya
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres toured the notorious former ‘Assad prison’ in Sednaya.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres toured the notorious former ‘Assad prison’ in Sednaya.




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