"After months, he saw the light, and his reaction at that moment became the talk of the world."

The fall of the Ba'ath regime in Syria and the escape of Bashar al-Assad to Russia led to the takeover of Syrian prisons by the opposition, where tens of thousands of people were subjected to torture. As political prisoners who managed to survive regained their freedom after years, the bodies of those tortured in the underground prisons known as 'the human slaughterhouse' Sednaya and others were brought to the morgue of the Damascus Hospital.

MAN FREED AFTER 3 MONTHS IN A WINDOWLESS CELL

While the images broadcasted by international agencies are chilling, Syrians who have not heard from their loved ones for years flocked to prisons in search of their relatives. For days, both Turkish media and foreign press have been telling the stories of civilians who survived the torture centers in Syria. Clarissa Ward, a prominent reporter for CNN International, which reports on the latest developments from Syria, witnessed the moment a Syrian man, held in a windowless cell for 3 months, was released while broadcasting from one of the prisons in the region.

HE ASKED NOT TO BE FIRED AT, SAYING "I AM A CIVILIAN"

In the footage captured by CNN cameras, the man, hidden under a blanket on the ground, emerges as a member of the opposition forces approaches him. He raises his hands in fear, looking around, and pleads, "I am a civilian," asking not to be fired at.

"OH MY GOD, LIGHT"

The man, who drinks the water handed to him with trembling hands, is then taken outside by holding his arms. As he walks, the prisoner, who explains that he has been held in a windowless cell for 3 months, looks up with a bittersweet smile when he sees the sky outside and is heard saying, "Oh my God, light."