Palestine Branch

Far' Falastine, also known as Branch 235, was a prison operated by Military Intelligence Directorate of Ba'athist Syria under the charge of Brig. Gen. Kamal Hassan between 2017 and 2020, located in , notorious for accounts of torture, coercive interrogation, and deplorable conditions related by its former detainees.
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  • Type: Military installation
  • Description: Syrian jail
  • Also known as: “235 branch”, “branch 235”, “Far‘ Falastin”, “Far’ Falastin”, “Palestine branch”, “الفرع السري”, and “فرع ٢٣٥”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Bab ash-Sharqi and Bab Kisan.

City gate
Photo: Bgag, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bab Sharqi, also known as the Gate of the Sun, is one of the seven ancient of , . Its modern name comes from its location in the eastern side of the city. is situated 2 km north of Palestine Branch.

City gate
Photo: Heretiq, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is one of the seven ancient city-gates of , . The gate, which is now located in the southeastern part of the Old City, was named in memory of a slave who became famous during a conquest by the Caliph Mu'awiya. is situated 1½ km north of Palestine Branch.

Church
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.
The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Dormition, also known as The Olive Church or the Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarchal Cathedral of the Dormition of Our Lady, is the cathedral of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church in the city of , . is situated 2 km north of Palestine Branch.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Al Midan and Beit Sahm.

Town
is a neighbourhood and municipality in , , south of the old walled city and near the modern city centre. In the 2004 census, it had a population of 177,456.

Village
Beit Sahem is a village in southern , administratively part of the Markaz Rif Dimashq District of the , located 's southeastern outskirts. is situated 2½ km southeast of Palestine Branch.

Photo: علي الصمادي, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the capital and largest city of . A city of immense historical importance, was the capital of the Umayyad Caliphate during the Islamic Golden Age.

Palestine Branch

Latitude
33.4916° or 33° 29′ 30″ north
Longitude
36.32053° or 36° 19′ 14″ east
Open location code
8G5RF8RC+J6
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1138357669
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­military
Wiki­data ID
Q5434471
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Spanish—“Palestine Branch” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الفرع السرّي”
  • Arabic: “فرع 235”
  • Arabic: “فرع فلسطين . مخابرات”
  • Arabic: “فرع فلسطين”
  • French: “Branche 235”
  • French: “Branche Palestine”
  • Pennsylvania German: “Far‘ Falastin”
  • Pennsylvania German: “Far’ Falastin”
  • Spanish: “Far Falastin”
  • Spanish: “Far‘ Falastin”

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