SHOTLIST: DAMASCUS, SYRIA (OCT. 27, 2025) (ANADOLU - ACCESS ALL) 1. VARIOUS OF DRONE SHOTS OF SEDNAYA PRISON COMPLEX 2. VARIOUS OF DRONE SHOTS SHOWING INTERIOR OF SEDNAYA PRISONDAMASCUS, SYRIA - OCT. 27, 2025: Syria’s notorious Sednaya Prison, once known as the “death center” under the deposed Bashar al-Assad regime, is set to be transformed into a national museum. Drone footage captured on Monday, Oct. 27, shows the exterior and interior parts of the prison in Damascus, where thousands were secretly executed in underground chambers. The facility became notorious for years of systematic torture and executions, emerging as a stark symbol of repression in Syria. International human rights reports indicate that thousands were systematically killed in Sednaya, where mass executions were carried out in secret without trials. No official data on the number of detainees has ever been released. Estimates suggest that the Assad regime had executed roughly 50 prisoners per week between 2011 and 2015. The prison was closed on Dec. 8, 2024, following the collapse of the Assad regime. After Assad fled and opposition factions took control of Syrian cities, prisons, detention centers, and security branches were opened, and detainees were freed. Tens of thousands remain missing, and the discovery of mass graves suggests many of the disappeared are dead. Assad, Syria’s leader for nearly 25 years, fled to Russia last December, ending the Baath Party regime, which had been in power since 1963. A new transitional administration led by President Ahmad al-Sharaa was formed in January.