CREMATORIUM BUILT TO HIDE ‘MASS MURDERS’

Syria has built a crematorium at a prison outside of Damascus to “cover up the extent of mass murders” by President Bashar Assad’s regime, according to a U.S. official.

“We are appalled by the atrocities that have been carried out by the Syrian regime,” seemingly “with the unconditional support” of Russia and Iran, Stuart Jones, acting U.S. assistant secretary of state for the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, told reporters Monday at the U.S. State Department.

Calling for Russia to press its ally Assad to curb excesses, Jones cited newly declassified reporting as well as photos taken by non-governmental organizations, media and intelligence community assessments in listing Assad’s alleged actions against civilians.

At a prison about 45 minutes outside of Damascus, Syria’s capital, Assad’s regime has “modified a building within the Sednaya complex to support what we believe is a crematorium,” Jones said, so that it can dispose of detainees’ bodies “with little evidence.”

He said the regime has carried out extrajudicial killings of thousands of detainees, many through mass hangings, with as many as 50 detainees a day killed at Sednaya alone.

U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration has expressed interest in working with Russia to combat Islamic State terrorists in Syria but reaffirmed Monday it condemns President Vladimir Putin’s support for Assad.

“Syria will never be stable and secure as long as Assad is in power,” White House press secretary Sean Spicer told reporters.