The attack took place in Beirut’s notorious Roumieh Prison, home to an overcrowded population and a large number of Islamist prisoners, who occupy their own wing. Block B of Roumieh Prison ...

“In Roumieh prison at night. Prisoners chanting Takbeers from inside Roumieh prison in Lebanon after the Syrian opposition took control of the city of Homs,” reads the post. The video is from ...

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Roumieh is the largest prison in Lebanon, holding thousands of prisoners within its walls. The size of the prison population of Roumieh and the challenges authorities face around internal crime, ...