There may be up to 66 mass burial sites across Syria, where Bashar Assad's regime attempted to conceal the murders of its opponents during the civil war.
This estimate comes from the International Commission on Missing Persons, as reported by The Washington Post.
How many civilians died during the Syrian warDuring the 13-year civil war in Syria, several hundred thousand people lost their lives. The peak of civilian fatalities occurred between 2012 and 2014.As the publication notes, when the graves are excavated, the fate of over 150,000 people who went missing during the war may be revealed.
Assad's government has repeatedly denied allegations of torture and murder of its opponents in prisons, but evidence uncovered by human rights organizations and provided by informants tells a different story.
Experts believe that the process of exhuming the bodies of those who perished in mass graves and identifying them will take years, if not decades.
It is worth recalling that on December 8, Syrian rebels entered the capital Damascus without encountering resistance from government forces. President Bashar al-Assad fled to Moscow, where he was granted political asylum.
Later, Assad claimed that his departure from the country was unplanned. Reuters reported details of the dictator's escape: according to sources, he did not inform anyone of his intention to leave and continued to deceive his supporters about military assistance from Russia until the last moment.
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