Assad government secretly moved mass grave to cover up killings, Reuters investigation finds

Assad Government: Secretly Moved Mass Grave Cover-Up

Syrian Conflict: Discover how Assad's regime relocated mass graves to hide war crimes during Syria's civil war, impacting thousands of families.

Assad regime secretly moved mass grave over two years to cover up killings

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Exclusive-Assad Government Secretly Moved Mass Grave to Cover up Killings, Reuters Investigation Finds

Exclusive: Assad government secretly moved mass grave to cover up killings, Reuters investigation finds

From 2019 to 2021, Syria’s authoritarian government carried out a secret operation to move tens of thousands of bodies from the exposed Qutayfah mass grave to a hidden site in the desert east of Damascus. The goal of the clandestine reburial was to hide evidence of atrocities as Bashar Assad tried to regain international standing.

Assad regime secretly moved mass grave to cover up murders: Probe

The Assad regime ran a clandestine two-year operation to exhume and secretly relocate thousands of bodies from one of Syria’s largest mass graves to a...

Exclusive-Assad government secretly moved mass grave to cover up killings, Reuters investigation finds

By Maggie Michael, Feras Dalatey, Ryan McNeill and Khalil Ashawi