As Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) pushed south from Idlib Province, the rebels’ first priority was to liberate prisons. From Aleppo to Hama to Homs, videos emerged of fighters breaking down doors and cutting through locks. Detainees streamed out. They ran, sometimes barefoot, to freedom. “What’s happening?” one prisoner asks a bystander. “The regime has fallen!” […]
