The abduction and killing of tens of thousands of people in Syria is one of the worst atrocities anywhere in recent history, one that the country (and the world) is only beginning to reckon with.

The regime orchestrated these killings in a bureaucratic manner rarely seen in recent history. Assad’s security apparatus kept meticulous records of the detainees’ transfer to the prison and other facilities, court documents and death certificates of those executed.

We are far from the first to report on the mass hangings in Saydnaya, which spanned more than a decade and left tens of thousands dead. But now after the collapse of the regime in December, the survivors can speak openly. Manu Brabo took these portraits.

To report this story we went all over Beirut talking to displaced people, Lebanese officials, business owners and urban planning experts. Among the most poignant: intellectuals from Dahiyeh watching their home neighborhood burn from the hills above the city:

Beirut: Rescue workers pulling bodies from the rubble of a building in a central neighborhood of the city that was leveled by an Israeli airstrike at 4am this morning. Israel still hasn’t said what the target of the attack was.

Video broadcast by Lebanese and pan-Arab media shows an Israeli strike close to the Beirut airport:

Satellite image shows the Russian landing ship that was struck this morning, leaking fuel in the naval shipyard in Novorossiysk. h/t @yoruk.bsky.social for verifying details here:

My colleague and friend Evan Gershkovich was arrested in Russia 100 days ago. He is a talented young journalist and the Russian authorities should release him immediately.

A Russian court again decided to keep my friend and WSJ colleague Evan Gershkovich in prison today. He appeared in a Moscow courtroom. His mother and father flew in for the hearing.

Russia should release this talented young journalist immediately. #FreeEvan #IStandWithEvan