DAMASCUS, SYRIA — The United States on Monday said it has evidence the Syrian regime built a crematorium at a military prison to cover up evidence of mass killings of civilians. <br /> <br />Satellite photographs show the construction of a crematorium at the Sednaya military prison near Damascus, according to the U.S. State Department. <br /> <br />The State Department said the images show melted snow on top of an L-shaped building that it labeled a “probable crematorium,” the Washington Post reported. <br /> <br />Officials said a discharge stack, probable firewall and probable air intake on the roof of the building are suggestive of a place to burn bodies. <br /> <br />As many as 13,000 prisoners were hanged at Sednaya prison between 2011 and 2015, according to a recent Amnesty International report. <br /> <br />However, human rights groups said the evidence was inconclusive and some of the satellite images have been known about for years, the New York Times reported. <br /> <br />The U.S. accuses Russia and Iran of allowing Bashar al-Assad’s regime to commit atrocities in Syria with seemingly unconditional support.
