Damascus, Dec 25, 2024 (AFP) - Syria rescuers, activist say site outside Damascus believed to be mass grave

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2024-12-25

A key Syrian rescue group and an activist told AFP on Wednesday a burial site outside Damascus was likely a mass grave for detainees held under former president Bashar al-Assad and fighters killed in the civil war. In a vast walled area located near the Baghdad Bridge, some 35 kilometres (22 miles) from the capital, AFP journalists visiting the site saw a long row of graves more than one metre deep, mostly covered with cement slabs. Several of th......

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