A prisoner swap took place today between the Syrian regime and one of the batallions of the armed opposition, in which 15 prisoners were released from the armed opposition to the regime forces, in exchange for two prisoners that had been in regime prisons.
The exchange took place in the area of al-Razi, in western rural Aleppo.
One of those released from the regime prisons was Hasan Sufan, who had been imprisoned with the regime for 12 years. He was also the head of the Negotiating Committee between the Islamist detainees in Sednaya Prison and the regime forces, during the protests witnessed at the prison in 2008.
Hasan Sufan (right) after his release today