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The prison holds around 4,000 prisoners, most of whom are said to be Islamists and Muslim Brothers. After protests by detainees in 2008, several prisoners were killed. After renewed protest at the prison in July 2008, hundreds of detainees were injured and dozens of Islamist prisoners were killed.
After three months of protests in 2011, the Syrian government released many high profile Salafist Islamist prisoners such as Zahran Alloush, Hassan Aboud and Ahmed Abu Issa. They proceeded to form their own Islamist groups and take up arms against the regime upon their release. Many of them became leaders of Islamist groups in the Islamic Front such as Jaysh al-Islam, Ahrar ash-Sham and Suqour al-Sham Brigade.
Former inmates
- Zahran Alloush - leader of Jaysh al-Islam
- Hassan Aboud - leader of Ahrar ash-Sham
- Ahmed Abu Issa - leader of Suqour al-Sham Brigade
References
- Line Khatib (2011). Islamic Revivalism in Syria: The Rise and Fall of Ba'thist Secularism. Routledge. p. 141. ISBN 978-0-415-78203-6. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
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