Syrians scour disfigured corpses for signs of detained loved ones

Using only the light on their mobile phones, wailing men and women examined disfigured bodies lying in a darkened hospital morgue in Syria’s capital for signs of their relatives who had disappeared into Bashar al-Assad’s notorious prison system.

Dozens of corpses – blackened, decomposing and missing limbs or heads – were found overnight by rescuers digging for hidden cells at Sednaya, a prison north of Damascus, where rights groups said