Celebrations in Damascus halted as a hidden underground complex was discovered, containing 1,500 prisoners of the Assad regime. Cars rushed to Sednaya prison, known for torture, as families hoped to find missing loved ones. Despite rebel attempts to control the crowd, people surged into the prison, searching for the “red wing” where prisoners were reportedly starving and suffocating. Ahmad al-Shnein, searching for missing family, described the dire conditions, fearing for those trapped underground.