Jubilant scenes erupted as rebel groups freed convicts from jails across Syria. Rebels could be seen occupying a control room of one jail, thrusting their rifles into the air in joy.
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00:00Jubilant scenes erupted as rebel groups freed convicts from jails across Syria.
00:11Rebels used Kalashnikov rifles to shoot off the locks of jail cell doors.
00:15Chants of God is Great could be heard as scores of convicts bled their cells, in dramatic
00:20footage filmed by the rebels.
00:25Rebels could be seen occupying a control room filled with CCTV monitors, thrusting their
00:29rifles into the air in joy.
00:46In one piece of footage, execution devices including lengths of rope tied in nooses and
00:50a human-sized crushing machine could be seen.
00:53The future of the jails and broader penal system remains unknown as newly formed rebel
00:57groups take control of the country.