'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 MailMass 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. A Tadamon local walks by the site of a mass grave from the rule of Syria's Bashar al-Assad Children hold different shaped bones found in Tadamon district, littered with remains after what residents and rights groups described as years of killings there under the rule of Syria's Bashar al-Assad Old clothes and scorched plastic were also found among the remains in the Syrian buildings 'Those things won't leave our memory. Residents of Tadamon said they had not dared speak out during Assad's rule, when criticism of the authorities was severely repressed One local said he had often heard gunshots and smelled burning flesh after returning to the neighborhood in 2019 Destroyed buildings the town of in Qusayr in Syria's central Homs province on December 15, 2024 A Syrian child holds a human bone while playing in the Tadamon district Assad repeatedly denied carrying out violations and painted his detractors as terrorists Hundreds of thousands of Syrians are estimated to have been killed since 2011, when Assad's crackdown on protests against him spiralled into a full-scale war that drew in regional powers.