WATCH: Live reaction of a Syrian prisoner as he’s released from prison

Hundreds of thousands of people have been locked away for dozens of years for offending the regime, and CNN captured a genuine reaction of a Syrian prisoner processing the fall of Assad.

"Syria is free."

Extraordinary moment as @clarissaward and her team witness a Syrian prisoner freed from a secret prison in Damascus.

Left alone for days without food, water or light, the man was unaware Bashar al-Assad's regime had fallen. pic.twitter.com/ZAnGiBlLON

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