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Syria: Increasing Number of Mass Graves Coming to Light, Assad Operated “Machinery of Death”

by Karen Faulkner, Worthy News Correspondent

(Worthy News) – An increasing number of mass graves are being discovered in Syria since the brutal rule of dictator Bashar al-Assad came to an end at the hands of the Islamic insurgent group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) on December 8, TRT reports. Last week, an international war crimes prosecutor said the mass grave sites in Syria show Assad had operated the “machinery of death” against anyone he considered an enemy.

While describing the scenes in Tadamon, a formerly vibrant suburb in southern Damascus, PBS reported: “After almost 14 years of war, it’s a desolate wasteland with more bodies buried underground than people still living above it. Human remains are scattered all around… An air of dread and sanctity hangs over these grounds, where countless souls perished in summary executions.”

According to the International Commission on Missing Persons in the Hague there may be a further 66 unverified, mass grave sites in Syria, TRT reports. Meanwhile, the Commission has told Reuters it is “exploding” with new requests for help from the families of disappeared loved ones.

Syrian civil defense teams have also received calls from witnesses who saw cars dumping bags of human bones by the side of the road at night, TRT reports. More than 150,000 Syrians are considered missing, according to international and Syrian organizations, including the United Nations.

“Since the fall of the regime, we’ve received over 100 calls about mass graves. People believe every military site has one,” civil defense officials have reportedly added.