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

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 rule of Syria's Bashar al-Assad Bones are seen at the site of a mass grave from the rule of Syria's Bashar al-Assad 'From the secret police who disappeared people from their streets and homes, to the jailers and interrogators who starved and tortured them to death, to the truck drivers and bulldozer drivers who hid their bodies, thousands of people were working in this system of killing', he added. Stephen Rapp, head of Commission for International Justice and Accountability, talks with media as people inspect the site of a mass grave from the rule of Syria's Bashar al-Assad People inspect the site of a mass grave from the rule of Syria's Bashar al-Assad A drone view shows the site of a mass grave from the rule of Syria's Bashar al-Assad Syrians investigating allegations of secret compartments in Syria's Sednaya Prison, the notorious center of ousted Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad, continue excavations to find a trace of their relatives in Damascus, Syria on December 17, 2024 Fighters of the ruling Syrian body inspect the site of a mass grave from the rule of Syria's Bashar al-Assad Fighters of the ruling Syrian body walk at the site of a mass grave from the rule of Syria's Bashar al-Assad People inspect the site of a mass grave from the rule of Syria's Bashar al-Assad A man rides a bike next to an armoured vehicle near the site of a mass grave from the rule of Syria's Bashar al-Assad 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 His group has spoken to bulldozer drivers compelled to dig graves and 'many times on orders, squished the bodies down to fit them in and then cover them with dirt'. The head of a US-based Syrian organisation said on Monday one of the pits - a site at al Qutayfah, 25 miles north of the capital - contained shocking numbers of dead at a 'conservative estimate' Since civil war begin in 2011, an estimated 470,000 - 610,000 people have lost their lives Those responsible 'must be held accountable in a clear judicial process or people would take matters into their own hands' 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 He believes at least some of those taken, including two sons and four brothers, were detained for protesting against Assad's government.