SYRIA. Damascus. December 16, 2024.

A pair of rusted handcuffs dangle from a chain bolted to a heavy metal door, their grim presence a silent witness to the horrors that unfolded within the walls of the Mezzeh Air Force Base prison.

In facilities like this, where the air is heavy with the echoes of past suffering, objects like these handcuffs serve as haunting reminders of the countless lives impacted by repression. They are not just remnants of a brutal past—they are evidence of the systematic cruelty that defined Syria's detention network during the war.