BEIRUT (Reuters) - Rebels seized a prison outside the city where Syria's uprising began three years ago this month and freed dozens of inmates, activists said on Wednesday.
They took control of the Gharaz Central Prison on the outskirts of Deraa near Syria's border with Jordan after fighting off President Bashar al-Assad's forces.
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