Syria

At least 100,000 bodies discovered in mass graves in Syria, advocacy group says

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Syrians are starting to uncover mass graves across the country, shedding light on the magnitude of atrocities committed during the rule of ousted leader Bashar al-Assad. An international war crimes prosecutor said on December 17, 2024, that evidence emerging from mass gravesites in Syria exposed a state-run “machinery of death”. The prosecutor estimated that more than 100,000 people had been tortured and murdered since 2013. 
 

December 18, 2024