A cemetery near Damascus was transformed into an industrial-scale mass grave for Syrians who opposed President Bashar ...

Months after dictator Bashar al-Assad fled Syria, the country’s Kurdish population faces continued uncertainty — and Turkish ...

Al-Hourani says relatives would be reached through “various media” after work on each mass grave is finished. “Of course, it is difficult to open all the graves in one time and work on them.

Since the fall of the Syrian Assad regime, which lasted for over 50 years, on Dec. 8, 2024, Syrians have been destroying all the statues that have any ties with the ex-rulers, like Hafez Assad or ...

From there, sanctions continued to be piled on Hafez’s successor and son, Bashar al-Assad, who was finally deposed from his authoritarian perch in December 2024. The sanctions remained in place ...

Add to that, the cost: $250 (£187) for a single test. And, says Dr al-Hourani, "in a mixed mass grave, you have to do about 20 tests to gather all the parts of one body".

Jerusalem Post Middle East Unknown individuals steal remains of ex-Syrian president Hafez Assad - report Images and videos circulating on social media showed the site heavily damaged and burnt. A ...

Footage and images circulated by activists on social media have revealed that the grave of the late Syrian leader Hafez al-Assad in Qardaha, western Syria, has been exhumed, and his remains relocated ...

The footage, some of which was shared by the Syrian news outlet Zaman al-Wasl, is believed to date back to 17 April. Activists said unknown individuals dug up the grave and moved Hafez al-Assad’s ...

The grave of former Syrian dictator Hafez al-Assad has been desecrated, newarab.com reported. Unknown individuals have dug up the grave of the father of war criminal Bashar al-Assad and taken his ...

Hafez al-Assad died 10 June 2000 of a heart attack in Damascus just before midday, according to medical source. (Photo by AFP)/ Photo of Hafez Assad's grave (X/ Twitter) ...

Footage shows what appears to be the mausoleum of Hafez al-Assad with a hole in the center where the grave marker once stood. It is unknown what befell the former leader's remains.