Flurry of Syrian death notices shows fate of government detainees

Fadwa Mahmoud is seen in Berlin, Germany July 28, 2018. Picture taken July 28, 2018. REUTERS/Axel Schmidt

BEIRUT (Reuters) - For six years Amina al-Khoulani hoped her brothers Majd and Abdelsattar were alive, albeit cut off in a Syrian government prison after their arrest early in Syria's war.

But last week, newly published state records obtained by relatives told her the men died back in 2013, just weeks after the family last saw them through a metal fence during a visit to the Sednaya military jail near Damascus.