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Mansour Al Omari, Syria detention center survivor, loans the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum the scraps of cloth with names of others incarcerated with him that he smuggled out of the detention center. (Associated Press)

U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum exhibit sheds light on ‘disappeared’ Syrians

By Laura Kelly - The Washington Times

Mansour al-Omari, a Syrian human-rights activist documenting cases of people who have disappeared under President Bashar Assad's government, shows scraps of fabric with the names of fellow inmates he is presenting to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum for preservation at the conservation center, Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017, in Bowie, Md. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Syrian activist gives scraps with prisoners’ names to museum

By BRIAN WITTE - Associated Press