@nytimes: Taher al-Zain’s father disappeared 12 years ago at the height of Bashar al-Assad’s regime. Now, like thousands of other Syrians after a rebel coalition overthrew the Assad government last week, he is trying to find clues about what happened, and whether or not his father might still be alive. Read more at the link in our bio about how people are searching for their loved ones who went missing during the country’s civil war as the horrors that Syrians endured under al-Assad’s government in prisons, police stations and torture chambers come to light. Video by Matthew Cassel, Alessandro Pavone, Sarah Kerr and Mark Boyer/The New York Times #Syria #Damascus