"It will take years": The doctors who identify the victims of Assad's mass graves

Although human rights crimes in Syria are documented in detail, the search for up to 200,000 missing persons faces major challenges. In particular, the protection of relatives and their DNA data requires legal guarantees and support from international organizations. After the fall of the Assad regime, mass graves were repeatedly discovered, here near Damascus. – All rights reserved IMAGO / NurPhotoIn December 2024, the Assad regime collapsed in …

The previous regime routinely disappeared its opponents - an estimated 160,000 - and its fall offered hope for answers, deep in the ground. "My cargo was bodies," said a truck driver who transported them to mass graves dug by Assad's army.