Syrian mass graves expose 'machinery of death' under Assad regime: Prosecutor
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3 months, 1 week ago

Syrian mass graves expose 'machinery of death' under Assad regime: Prosecutor

India Today  

An international war crimes prosecutor said on Tuesday that evidence emerging from mass grave sites in Syria has exposed a state-run "machinery of death" under toppled leader Bashar al-Assad in which he estimated more than 100,000 people were tortured and murdered since 2013. Speaking after visiting two mass grave sites in the towns of Qutayfah and Najha near Damascus, former US war crimes ambassador at large Stephen Rapp told Reuters: "We certainly have more than 100,000 people that were disappeared into, and tortured to death in this machine. "PLACE OF HORRORS" The International Commission on Missing Persons in The Hague separately said it had received data indicating there may be as many as 66, as yet unverified, mass grave sites in Syria. A man identified only as "the grave digger" testified repeatedly as a witness about his work at the Najha and Qutayfah sites during the German trial of Syrian government officials.

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Syrian government-aligned forces captured reveling in massacre of minorities in coastal town
1 week, 5 days ago

Syrian government-aligned forces captured reveling in massacre of minorities in coastal town

CNN  

CNN — A mother and her daughter hunch down by the windows of their attic as armed men gather outside the gate. A CNN investigation zeroes in on the events in Sanobar, or the “Pine village” in English, a town of several thousand members of Syria’s minority Alawite community in Latakia governorate. “They came in saying they were looking for …

The discovery of brutal mass graves in Syria reveals Assad's legacy of horror
2 months ago

The discovery of brutal mass graves in Syria reveals Assad's legacy of horror

Hindustan Times  

DAMASCUS, Syria — The charred remains of at least 26 victims of the Bashar Assad government were located Tuesday by Syrian civil defense workers in two separate basements in rural Damascus. The discovery of brutal mass graves in Syria reveals Assad's legacy of horror The discovery adds to the growing tally of mass graves unearthed since the fall of the …

The discovery of brutal mass graves in Syria reveals Assad’s legacy of horror
2 months ago

The discovery of brutal mass graves in Syria reveals Assad’s legacy of horror

Associated Press  

DAMASCUS, Syria — The charred remains of at least 26 victims of the Bashar Assad government were located Tuesday by Syrian civil defense workers in two separate basements in rural Damascus. “We could not tell the regime about it because we know that the regime did this.” The Assad government, which ruled Syria for over two decades, employed airstrikes on …

‘I feared I would end up in the trench’: Digging Assad’s mass graves in Syria
3 months, 1 week ago

‘I feared I would end up in the trench’: Digging Assad’s mass graves in Syria

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. He tells The Independent that the mass grave was …

Syria's mass graves horror: Why the Assad regime is being compared to Nazi Germany
3 months, 1 week ago

Syria's mass graves horror: Why the Assad regime is being compared to Nazi Germany

Firstpost  

Over 100,000 people are believed to be buried in mass graves in Syria, exposing the ‘machinery of death’ run by the ousted President Bashar al-Assad. ‘We really haven’t seen anything quite like this since the Nazis,’ said a top war crime prosecutor Syrian rebels observe a location identified as a mass grave for detainees killed under the rule of Bashar …

Syrians fear their lost loved ones might be buried under mass graves
3 months, 1 week ago

Syrians fear their lost loved ones might be buried under mass graves

Hindustan Times  

After losing hope of finding his two brothers among those freed from Syrian jails, Ziad Alaywi was filled with dread, knowing there was only one place they were likely to be: a mass grave. If the site was investigated, "it would allow many people to have peace of mind and stop hoping for the return of a son who will …

'Machinery of Death': Satellite imagery reveals large-scale mass graves in Syria, thousands of bodies believed buried
3 months, 1 week ago

'Machinery of Death': Satellite imagery reveals large-scale mass graves in Syria, thousands of bodies believed buried

Firstpost  

Speaking after visiting two mass grave sites in the towns of Qutayfah and Najha near Damascus, former U.S. war crimes ambassador at large Stephen Rapp told Reuters: ‘We certainly have more than 100,000 people that were disappeared into and tortured to death in this machine’ A drone view shows the site of a mass grave from the rule of Syria's …

Brits and Americans among the dead in Assad's mass graves, Syrian rebels claim as they dig up at least 100,000 bodies at one site alone
3 months, 1 week ago

Brits and Americans among the dead in Assad's mass graves, Syrian rebels claim as they dig up at least 100,000 bodies at one site alone

Daily Mail  

The bodies of Brits and Americans have been unearthed in Assad's mass graves as Syrian rebels claim they dug up at least 100,000 corpses at a single site. A satellite image shows, what a war crimes prosecutor calls a mass grave site in Najha, Syria February 21, 2013 A drone view shows the site of a mass grave from the …

After Assad’s fall, the task of unearthing the dead from Syria’s mass graves is just beginning
3 months, 1 week ago

After Assad’s fall, the task of unearthing the dead from Syria’s mass graves is just beginning

Associated Press  

NAJHA, Syria — Bones are visible here and there among the mounds of earth in a field south of Damascus, one of the mass graves around Syria believed to hold the bodies of tens of thousands of people killed under Bashar Assad’s rule. Rapp is working with two organizations that aim to help document mass graves and identify officials implicated …

Syria: Mass grave near Damascus has at least 100,000 bodies, says US advocacy group
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3 months, 1 week ago

Syria: Mass grave near Damascus has at least 100,000 bodies, says US advocacy group

Firstpost  

Hundreds of thousands of Syrians are estimated to have been killed since 2011, when Assad’s crackdown on protests against his rule grew into a full-scale civil war A fighter of the ruling Syrian body walks, as people inspect the site of a mass grave from the rule of Syria's Bashar al-Assad, according to residents, after the ousting of al-Assad, in …

Mass grave found near Syria’s capital could contain thousands of bodies
3 months, 1 week ago

Mass grave found near Syria’s capital could contain thousands of bodies

Al Jazeera  

Burial sites are emerging across Syria after the ousting of al-Assad, accused of widespread extrajudicial killings. A mass grave that could contain the remains of thousands of people has been found outside Syria’s capital Damascus, as the new interim government promises to hold accountable those responsible for atrocities under the ousted President Bashar al-Assad. The site at al-Qutayfah, located 40km …

Syria: Hundreds of thousands of bodies could be buried in mass graves, advocacy group says
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3 months, 1 week ago

Syria: Hundreds of thousands of bodies could be buried in mass graves, advocacy group says

CNN  

CNN — Syrians are starting to uncover mass graves across the country, shedding light on the magnitude of atrocities committed during the brutal rule of ousted dictator Bashar al-Assad. Hundreds of thousands of bodies of people “tortured to death by the Assad regime” could be buried in a mass grave east of Damascus, according to Mouaz Moustafa, executive director of …

Thousands of bodies found in Syria’s mass graves
3 months, 1 week ago

Thousands of bodies found in Syria’s mass graves

Al Jazeera  

A mass grave outside Damascus contained the bodies of at least 100,000 people killed by the regime of ousted President Bashar al-Assad, according to the head of the Syrian Emergency Task Force. Mouaz Moustafa said the site at al-Qutayfah 40km north of the Syrian capital, was one of five mass graves that he had identified over the years, according to …

Syria's Sednaya prison has been called the 'human slaughterhouse' but 'high-value prisoners' may still be hidden in secret locations
3 months, 1 week ago

Syria's Sednaya prison has been called the 'human slaughterhouse' but 'high-value prisoners' may still be hidden in secret locations

ABC  

Syria's Sednaya prison is where the extreme brutality of the Assad regime over the last 13 years was at its worst. It's believed the "salt rooms" were used as makeshift morgues to store dead bodies with the smell of decomposing corpses masked by ankle-deep granules of salt, according to the Association of Detainees and the Missing. Austin's brother Simon Tice …

'Mass graves' unearthed in Syria as human remains found in the streets of Damascus lay bare the horrific crimes of Assad's barbaric regime
3 months, 1 week ago

'Mass graves' unearthed in Syria as human remains found in the streets of Damascus lay bare the horrific crimes of Assad's barbaric regime

Daily Mail  

Mass graves have reportedly been unearthed in Syria with human remains found in the streets of Damascus as the horrific crimes of Assad's regime are laid bare. The Tadamon district within the Syrian capital has been spotted littered with bones after what residents and human rights groups described as years of killings there under the rule of president Bashar al-Assad. …

Inside Syria's 'human slaughterhouse' execution block: Chilling images show punch bag used by guards to practice torturing prisoners and scattered possessions left behind
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Inside Syria's 'human slaughterhouse' execution block: Chilling images show punch bag used by guards to practice torturing prisoners and scattered possessions left behind

Daily Mail  

Hanging from the ceiling of the dank, dilapidated prison cell, and above the mountain of dirty prison uniforms is a sun-bleached punching bag, far too pale to have been replaced recently. Human rights groups say more than 100,000 Syrians have disappeared since the brutal dictator's crackdown on pro-democracy protests in 2011, and since the dictator's fall, their loved ones have …

‘We think he died just before regime collapsed’: Syrians scour morgues full of tortured bodies
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3 months, 2 weeks ago

‘We think he died just before regime collapsed’: Syrians scour morgues full of tortured bodies

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. open image in gallery Abdulsafer Safi searched hospitals, prisons …

Shocking Mass Graves At Gaza Hospitals Prompt International Calls For Investigation
11 months ago

Shocking Mass Graves At Gaza Hospitals Prompt International Calls For Investigation

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING A growing number of international bodies are demanding an independent probe into mass graves recently discovered at multiple Gaza hospitals that were raided by Israeli troops ― revealing hundreds more Palestinian deaths as Israel’s military offensive in the besieged enclave surpasses 200 days. The U.N. Human Rights Council said Tuesday that medics found even more bodies in …

Evidence of torture as nearly 400 bodies found in Gaza mass graves
11 months ago

Evidence of torture as nearly 400 bodies found in Gaza mass graves

Al Jazeera  

Some victims found at two hospitals were ‘buried alive’ while others were ‘executed’ by the Israeli military. Mass graves found in two hospitals in the Gaza Strip containing 392 bodies, including those of women, children and the elderly, showed signs of torture and executions, officials in the enclave have said. On the sixth consecutive day of digging up bodies in …

UN demands investigation after mass graves found at Gaza hospitals raided by Israel
11 months ago

UN demands investigation after mass graves found at Gaza hospitals raided by Israel

CNN  

Editor’s Note: A version of this story appears in CNN’s Meanwhile in the Middle East newsletter, a three-times-a-week look inside the region’s biggest stories. In response to a CNN inquiry about the mass graves at Nasser Medical Complex, the Israeli military said on Tuesday that the “claim that the IDF buried Palestinian bodies is baseless and unfounded.” People and health …

UN calls for investigation into mass graves where 283 bodies uncovered at Gaza hospitals raided by Israel
11 months ago

UN calls for investigation into mass graves where 283 bodies uncovered at Gaza hospitals raided by Israel

India TV News  

The United Nations called Tuesday for "a clear, transparent and credible investigation" of mass graves uncovered at two major hospitals in war-torn Gaza that were raided by Israeli troops. Earlier Tuesday, UN human rights chief Volker Turk said he was "horrified" by the destruction of the Shifa Medical Center in Gaza City and Nasser Hospital in the southern city of …

As more bodies found, UN’s Turk ‘horrified’ by Gaza mass graves reports
11 months ago

As more bodies found, UN’s Turk ‘horrified’ by Gaza mass graves reports

Al Jazeera  

UN human rights chief calls for independent and transparent inquiry after Palestinian authorities uncover hundreds of bodies at hospital. Volker Turk, the United Nations human rights chief, has said he is “horrified” by the destruction of Nasser Medical Complex and al-Shifa Hospital in the Gaza Strip and reports of mass graves found in and around the hospitals amid Israel’s war …

Mass grave with at least 87 bodies found in Sudan’s volatile Darfur region, United Nations says
1 year, 8 months ago

Mass grave with at least 87 bodies found in Sudan’s volatile Darfur region, United Nations says

Associated Press  

CAIRO — The bodies of dozens of people allegedly killed by Sudanese paramilitary forces and an allied militia have been uncovered in a mass grave in West Darfur, the United Nations said Thursday. According to “credible information” obtained by the U.N. Human Rights Office, at least 87 people — some of them from the ethnic African Masalit tribe — were …

Iraq exhumes remains of 605 ISIL victims from mass grave
1 year, 10 months ago

Iraq exhumes remains of 605 ISIL victims from mass grave

Al Jazeera  

Hundreds were taken from a prison and executed by the armed group, according to the Iraqi government. The remains of 605 people believed to have been killed by ISIL have been exhumed from a mass grave near a prison in northern Iraq over the past two years, a government agency has said. The group, which took over vast swathes of …

Mass graves in Izyum: Ten torture chambers are discovered in recaptured Ukrainian regoin
2 years, 6 months ago

Mass graves in Izyum: Ten torture chambers are discovered in recaptured Ukrainian regoin

Daily Mail  

At least ten torture chambers have been discovered in the same Ukrainian region where a fresh mass grave site containing at least 450 bodies was found after Russian forces retreated from the area. A Ukrainian police officer examines a cell as the words of the Lord's Prayer are written on the wall at the District Police Department used by Russian …

A historic state-sponsored torture trial could mean some long-awaited justice for Syrians
3 years, 2 months ago

A historic state-sponsored torture trial could mean some long-awaited justice for Syrians

The Independent  

Few would make the connection between a comparatively sleepy town in western Germany and some of the most hellish underground torture chambers of the regime of the Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad. But Thursday will mark the verdict of the world’s first ever trial on state- Eyad A, a low-level guard at the Syrian State Security Branch 251, is accused of …

Turkey says mass grave found in Syria’s Afrin
3 years, 8 months ago

Turkey says mass grave found in Syria’s Afrin

Al Jazeera  

Governor of Turkey’s bordering Hatay province says a mass grave was found with 61 bodies in the Ankara-held Afrin area. Turkey said on Thursday it had uncovered a mass grave containing dozens of bodies in a Turkish-held region of northern Syria, accusing a US-backed Kurdish fighter group of the killings. The governor of Turkey’s Hatay province on the border with …

Ten more bodies discovered in Libya mass grave
4 years, 2 months ago

Ten more bodies discovered in Libya mass grave

Al Jazeera  

Mass graves have been found Tarhuna, a town 80km southeast of Tripoli formerly controlled by a militia. Forensics teams in war-shattered Libya have discovered 10 more bodies in mass graves in a town formerly controlled by a militia outside the capital Tripoli, the Government of National Accord has said. “Three bodies were blindfolded and their wrists bound,” the GNA’s interior …

A dozen bodies found in new Libya mass graves: Committee
4 years, 5 months ago

A dozen bodies found in new Libya mass graves: Committee

Al Jazeera  

The bodies unearthed in the Tarhuna region of western Libya from where eastern forces launched an aborted assault last year. A dozen bodies have been unearthed in newly found mass graves in the Tarhuna region of western Libya from where renegade military commander Khalifa Haftar’s forces launched an aborted assault on Tripoli last year. “Four new sites have been discovered, …

Largest Islamic State mass grave with 3,500 bodies found outside Syria's Raqqa; HRW says work against group 'not over'
6 years, 1 month ago

Largest Islamic State mass grave with 3,500 bodies found outside Syria's Raqqa; HRW says work against group 'not over'

Firstpost  

The belated discovery of the mass graves near Syria’s Raqqa is the biggest example yet of how the violence IS sowed during the reign of its “caliphate” will be harvested for years to come, diggers and activists said. “These are individual graves, but behind us, by the trees, are the mass graves of those executed by Daesh,” said Asaad Mohammad, …

Syria: Hundreds of bodies exhumed from mass grave in Raqqa
6 years, 4 months ago

Syria: Hundreds of bodies exhumed from mass grave in Raqqa

Al Jazeera  

More than 500 bodies have so far been recovered in one of largest found mass graves in ISIL’s former de facto capital. A month and a half since digging in one of Raqqa‘s largest discovered mass graves began, grave diggers continue to exhume bodies, with one official saying that more than 500 bodies have been so far recovered. The operation …

Syrian civilians and troops killed by Islamic State found in mass graves
7 years, 2 months ago

Syrian civilians and troops killed by Islamic State found in mass graves

ABC  

Two mass graves filled with "dozens of bodies" have been discovered in Syria's Raqqa province, state media has said. Key points: The graves were found near the northern city of Raqqa, once the de facto capital of IS Residents have begun returning to the Raqqa province after it was liberated in October Al Qaeda-linked militants have been evacuated from Syria's …

At least 400 mass graves of civilians executed by Islamic State found in Iraq's Kirkuk province
7 years, 4 months ago

At least 400 mass graves of civilians executed by Islamic State found in Iraq's Kirkuk province

Firstpost  

Mass graves containing the remains of civilians executed by the Islamic State terror group have been found in Iraq’s province of Kirkuk Baghdad: Mass graves containing the remains of civilians executed by the Islamic State terror group have been found in the Iraqi province of Kirkuk, the media reported. “We are standing here, where … at least 400 civilians were …

Syria denies US allegations of mass killings, crematorium
7 years, 10 months ago

Syria denies US allegations of mass killings, crematorium

Associated Press  

BEIRUT — Syria on Tuesday rejected U.S. accusations it carried out mass killings at a prison near Damascus and then burned the victims’ bodies in a crematorium, describing the allegations as “lies” and “fabrications.” The allegations are a “new Hollywood plot” to justify U.S. intervention in Syria, Syria’s Foreign Ministry said, noting what it called a U.S. track record of …

Assad dismisses US claims of Syrian prison executions
7 years, 10 months ago

Assad dismisses US claims of Syrian prison executions

Daily Mail  

Bashar al Assad has denied killing thousands of detainees at a Syrian prison and then using a secret crematorium to dispose of the remains. The dictator said allegations by the US State Department that up to 50 people per day are being hanged at Saydnaya prison, near Damascus, are 'a new Hollywood story detached from reality'. President Bashar al Assad …

Assad government denies US allegations of mass killings
7 years, 10 months ago

Assad government denies US allegations of mass killings

Al Jazeera  

Officials in Damascus dismiss claims they are using crematorium to hide evidence of killings as ‘a new Hollywood plot’. The Syrian government has “categorically” denied US accusations of mass killings at a prison near Damascus, including executing political opponents and burning the victims in a crematorium at the site. Al Jazeera’s Mohammed Jamjoom, reporting from Geneva, said diplomats involved in …

US says Assad using ‘crematorium’ to hide mass killings
7 years, 10 months ago

US says Assad using ‘crematorium’ to hide mass killings

Al Jazeera  

Trump administration says it has evidence Syrian authorities are burning bodies at Saydnaya prison near Damascus. Stuart Jones, acting assistant secretary for the state department’s Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, gave reporters satellite pictures apparently showing snow melting on the roof of the facility. “Beginning in 2013, the Syrian regime modified a building within the Saydnaya complex to support what …

Syria Has Been Burning Bodies To Hide Prison Executions For Years, U.S. Says
7 years, 10 months ago

Syria Has Been Burning Bodies To Hide Prison Executions For Years, U.S. Says

NPR  

Syria Has Been Burning Bodies To Hide Prison Executions For Years, U.S. Says Enlarge this image toggle caption State Department/DigitalGlobe State Department/DigitalGlobe Updated at 11:20 a.m. Sponsor Message "Although the regime's many atrocities are well-documented," Jones continued, "we believe that the building of a crematorium is an effort to cover up the extent of mass murders taking place in Saydnaya …

Isis rigs mass grave with landmines to kill journalists and war crime investigators
8 years ago

Isis rigs mass grave with landmines to kill journalists and war crime investigators

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Isis has littered the ground …

Iraqi troops discover mass grave near IS-held Mosul; experts begin probe
8 years, 4 months ago

Iraqi troops discover mass grave near IS-held Mosul; experts begin probe

India TV News  

Iraqi troops advancing into Islamic State-held territory near the city of Mosul discovered a mass grave on Monday, following which a team of Iraqi investigators today began probe into the site. Associated Press footage from the site shows bones and decomposed bodies among scraps of clothing and plastic bags dug out of the ground by a bulldozer after Iraqi troops …

IS buried more than 15,000 bodies in graves along Syria and Iraq, survey finds
8 years, 6 months ago

IS buried more than 15,000 bodies in graves along Syria and Iraq, survey finds

India TV News  

In what signals the strengthening of roots of terror, the dreaded outfit Islamic State buried around 15,000 or more victims of its atrocities in total 72 graves along Syria and Iraq, a survey conducted by Associated Press found. In exclusive interviews, photos and research, AP documented and mapped 72 of the mass graves, the most comprehensive survey so far, with …

Monitor: 60,000 dead in Syria government jails
8 years, 10 months ago

Monitor: 60,000 dead in Syria government jails

Al Jazeera  

Most dead as a result of torture or poor humanitarian conditions, says Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. More than 60,000 people have been killed through torture or died in dire humanitarian conditions inside Syrian government prisons throughout the country’s five-year uprising, according to a monitor. “Since March 2011, at least 60,000 people lost their lives to torture or to horrible …

More than 50 mass graves found in former Isis territories in Iraq as evidence of genocide mounts
8 years, 10 months ago

More than 50 mass graves found in former Isis territories in Iraq as evidence of genocide mounts

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Government forces have been uncovering the sites one by …

Dozens of ISIL mass graves found in Iraq, says UN envoy
8 years, 10 months ago

Dozens of ISIL mass graves found in Iraq, says UN envoy

Al Jazeera  

UN Iraq envoy says there is evidence ‘heinous crimes’ were committed as over 50 mass graves found in former ISIL areas. More than 50 mass graves have been discovered in territory formerly controlled by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in Iraq, including three burial pits in a football field, the UN envoy has said. Ramadi was retaken …

Mass graves discovered in former Isis-controlled Iraqi city of Ramadi
8 years, 11 months ago

Mass graves discovered in former Isis-controlled Iraqi city of Ramadi

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Mass graves containing around 40 …

Graves of 42 victims of Islamic State, including three children, found in Syria's Palmyra
8 years, 11 months ago

Graves of 42 victims of Islamic State, including three children, found in Syria's Palmyra

Firstpost  

Twenty-four of the victims found in the Palmyra graves were civilians, including three children. Damascus: Syrian troops have found a mass grave containing the bodies of 42 people executed by Islamic State jihadists in Palmyra, as Washington warned the group’s leader will eventually “taste justice”. Days after Syrian troops backed by Russian forces recaptured Palmyra and its ancient ruins, the …

Palmyra: Mass grave 'containing bodies of beheaded women and children' found after Isis driven out of Syrian city
8 years, 11 months ago

Palmyra: Mass grave 'containing bodies of beheaded women and children' found after Isis driven out of Syrian city

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A mass grave including the …

Mass grave of Islamic State victims found in Syria's Palmyra: army source
8 years, 11 months ago

Mass grave of Islamic State victims found in Syria's Palmyra: army source

ABC  

The Syrian army has found a mass grave containing the bodies of 42 civilians and soldiers executed by the Islamic State jihadist group in Palmyra, according to a military source. Key points: Military discovers mass grave of "officers, members of popular committees" Twenty-four of the victims were civilians, three of them children Pentagon warns IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi will …

Iraq crisis: 'Strong evidence' ISIS committing mass executions, war crimes, Human Rights Watch says
10 years, 9 months ago

Iraq crisis: 'Strong evidence' ISIS committing mass executions, war crimes, Human Rights Watch says

ABC  

Satellite imagery strongly suggests the extremist Sunni group the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria has conducted mass executions in Iraq, lobby group Human Rights Watch says. ISIS, radical Islamists who want to re-create a medieval-style caliphate straddling Iraq and Syria, has stormed largely unopposed across much of northern Iraq, taking cities including Mosul and Tikrit, seizing border posts with …

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