Saidnaya (also transliterated Saydnaya, Seidnaya or Sednaya, from the Syriac: ܣܝܕܢܝܐ, Arabic: صيدنايا, romanized: Ṣaydnāyā) is a city located in the mountains...

number of detainees may have been far higher.: 11 : 12  At the notorious Seidnaya jail, north of Damascus, 2,500 military officers and lesser ranks were...