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Khaldiyeh FayadAge: 47-48 yearsPlace of residence: Tripoli, originally from Sindiyaneh, AkkarDate of arrest: June 16, 2012Place of arrest: Homs, SyriaDetention duration: 12 yearsDetention location: Homs Prison (2012-2024)Date of release: Dec. 8, 2024, fall of the Assad regimeHer execution was scheduled for 5 a.m. on Dec. 8, 2024, in Adra prison in Syria. Khaldiyeh Fayad and about fifty other detainees were set to be executed by firing squad. In the end, the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime at the hands of Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) allowed them to escape death. The next day, Khaldiyeh Fayad returned to her village of Sindiyaneh, in north Lebanon's Akkar region, as recounted by her maternal uncle, Ali Kassem, who closely followed her case. Khaldiyeh herself has only spoken publicly about her detention once, upon her release....
Khaldiyeh FayadAge: 47-48 yearsPlace of residence: Tripoli, originally from Sindiyaneh, AkkarDate of arrest: June 16, 2012Place of arrest: Homs, SyriaDetention duration: 12 yearsDetention location: Homs Prison (2012-2024)Date of release: Dec. 8, 2024, fall of the Assad regimeHer execution was scheduled for 5 a.m. on Dec. 8, 2024, in Adra prison in Syria. Khaldiyeh Fayad and about fifty other detainees were set to be executed by firing squad. In the end, the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime at the hands of Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) allowed them to escape death. The next day, Khaldiyeh Fayad returned to her village of Sindiyaneh, in north Lebanon's Akkar region, as recounted by her maternal uncle, Ali Kassem, who closely followed her case. Khaldiyeh herself has only spoken publicly about her detention once, upon her...
