AdvertisementSyria Has Been Burning Bodies To Hide Prison Executions For Years, U.S. SaysMay 15, 2017Colin DwyerfacebookEmailThis image — taken via satellite in January 2015 — depicts what the State Department says is the crematorium at Saydnaya prison, including snowmelt on the facility's roof that acting Assistant Secretary of State for Near East Affairs Stuart Jones says is proof of the building's higher temperature. (State Department/DigitalGlobe)