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Newshour: State Department: Syria Built a Crematorium at Military Prison

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State Department: Syria Built a Crematorium at Military Prison

15/05/2017 GMT

BBC World Service - Newshour, State Department: Syria Built a Crematorium at Military Prison

The US has accused Syria's government of using a crematorium to hide mass killings

The US has accused Syria's government of using a crematorium to hide mass killings.

The US has accused the Syrian government of installing a crematorium in a military prison near Damascus in order to dispose of thousands of murdered prisoners. The US State Department released satellite pictures of what it said was the crematorium at Sednaya prison.

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(Image: An annotated satellite image released by the State Department purporting to show a crematorium at Sednaya prison. Credit: US State Department)

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