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What comes next in Syria, now that the Assad regime is history,

was the topic at a meeting in Jordan today of top officials from the region, from the European Union,

and from the United States. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken outlined some of the principles they discussed.

The rights of all Syrians, including minorities and women, should be respected.

Humanitarian aid should be able to reach people who need it.

State institutions should deliver essential services to the Syrian people.

Syria should not be used as a base for terrorist groups or others who threaten Syria's people, its neighbors, or the world.

Under the Assad regime, hundreds of thousands of Syrians were swept up by the security apparatus, never to be seen again.

Simone Fultin gained access to one of the intelligence branches that orchestrated that brutal repression.

She tells us what she found. The search for the disappeared continues in Damascus.

At the Palestine branch of Assad's feared intelligence services,

relatives pour over stacks of notebooks

sift through piles of passports taken from prisoners

in hope of finding a trace of their loved ones.

Ibrahim and Hussain are each looking for their brothers who've been missing for years.

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