@dailymail: WARNING: the following video contains upsetting images. An 'iron press' that was allegedly used to crush and execute prisoners in Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's infamous Saydnaya Prison has been revealed in new videos shared by rebels as they liberate inmates. The notorious prison near Damascus - nicknamed the 'Human Slaughterhouse' - is synonymous with heinous torture, executions and human rights abuses carried out by the Assad regime, which was toppled by Syrian rebel forces this weekend. Amnesty International claims dozens of people were secretly executed every week in Saydnaya, estimating that up to 13,000 Syrians were killed between 2011 and 2016. Footage of what appears to be some kind of large hydraulic press within the prison is yet to be verified, but tales of torture, deprivation, starvation and executions at Saydnaya have been widely documented. Syrian rebels are now locked in a race against time to free thousands of prisoners who are reportedly trapped in secret cells buried deep beneath the jail. Read more on DailyMail.com

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