Assad downfall: Prisoners celebrate freedom in Damascus

There is a new hope among Syrians for the future of their country. Some have been touring the palatial homes, once owned by President Assad.

But as prisoners emerge from their cells after being freed by rebels, they tell stories of torture, of beatings and squalid conditions.

Sky’s international affairs editor Dominic Waghorn spoke to one of them and reports from a liberated Damascus.

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