Follow the latest on Syria Syrian activist Mazen Al-Hamada was buried in Damascus this afternoon after his body was found in a hospital in the capital – one of tens of thousands of people killed during the Assad family’s 50-year rule.

Hamada, known for exposing torture in Assad's prisons, died near Damascus, possibly due to torture. His death, just before a potential regime change, sparked widespread grief. Al-Hamada documented his own harrowing experiences and those of fellow detainees,