But even as he hailed the “victory of the revolution” and the emptying of the former regime’s prisons, prisoners of conscience continued to languish in northwestern Syria—held in the prisons of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the faction al-Sharaa led in Idlib. During her visit on June 16, Masri told her detainees learned of the release of Assad regime officers held in Idlib prisons since 2012 and 2013. Last December, al-Abboud and other relatives of detainees in Idlib prisons demonstrated in Aleppo city’s Saadallah al-Jabiri Square to demand the release of their loved ones. “I lost the money and didn’t learn anything about his fate,” Toubal told Syria Direct. This places legal and ethical responsibilities on the new transitional authorities, al-Azm told Syria Direct.