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Visitors view prison cell doors displayed beneath an aerial photograph of Syria's Saydnaya prison at "When the Walls Speak," an exhibit at the Damascus International Fair featuring items from prisons during the rule of former President Bashar Assad, in Damascus, Syria, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026. | Photo: AP/Ghaith Alsayed
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Visitors view photographs of Syria's Saydnaya prison displayed at "When the Walls Speak," an exhibit at the Damascus International Fair featuring items and images from prisons during the rule of former President Bashar Assad, in Damascus, Syria, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026. | Photo: AP/Ghaith Alsayed
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Prosthetic limbs found at Syria's prisons are displayed at "When the Walls Speak," an exhibit at the Damascus International Fair featuring items from prisons during the rule of former President Bashar Assad, in Damascus, Syria, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026. | Photo: AP/Ghaith Alsayed
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Visitors view a chair presented as having been used to torture detainees at Syria's Saydnaya prison at "When the Walls Speak," an exhibit at the Damascus International Fair featuring items from prisons during the rule of former President Bashar Assad, in Damascus, Syria, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026. | Photo: AP/Ghaith Alsayed
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A visitor photographs clothes found at prisons and displayed at "When the Walls Speak," an exhibit at the Damascus International Fair featuring items from prisons during the rule of former President Bashar Assad, in Damascus, Syria, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026. | Photo: AP/Ghaith Alsayed
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Visitors browse a display of artwork and handicrafts said to have been made by inmates currently held in Syrian prisons at the 63rd Damascus International Fair on the outskirts of Damascus, Syria, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026. | Photo: AP/Ghaith Alsayed
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Handcuffs and other restraints are displayed at "When the Walls Speak," an exhibit at the Damascus International Fair featuring items from Syrian prisons and security branches during the rule of former President Bashar Assad, in Damascus, Syria, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026. | Photo: AP/Ghaith Alsayed
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A boy salutes from the cockpit of an aircraft on display at the 63rd Damascus International Fair in Damascus, Syria, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026. | Photo: AP/Ghaith Alsayed
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Visitors walk past Syrian police uniforms on display at the 63rd Damascus International Fair on the outskirts of Damascus, Syria, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026. | Photo: AP/Ghaith Alsayed
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A woman becomes emotional while viewing a display using original items from Syria's Saydnaya prison to recreate a cell as it appeared during the rule of former President Bashar Assad at "When the Walls Speak," an exhibit at the Damascus International Fair in Damascus, Syria, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026. | Photo: AP/Ghaith Alsayed
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A visitor photographs a display using original items from Military Security Branch 248 to recreate a cell as it appeared during the rule of former President Bashar Assad at "When the Walls Speak," an exhibit at the Damascus International Fair in Damascus, Syria, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026. | Photo: AP/Ghaith Alsayed
