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flag Syria’s Assad regime secretly moved thousands of bodies from a mass grave to erase evidence of war crimes before its fall in December 2024.

flag A Reuters investigation reveals Syria’s Assad regime secretly moved thousands of bodies from a mass grave in Qutayfah near Damascus to a remote desert site in Dhumair between 2019 and 2021, likely to erase evidence of killings. flag The operation, described as “Operation Move Earth,” involved nightly truck convoys and military personnel, with at least 34 trenches created at the new site. flag Witnesses, satellite imagery, and forensic analysis support the findings, indicating a deliberate effort to conceal war crimes as the regime neared victory in the civil war. flag The Qutayfah site, used since 2012, had held victims from prisons and hospitals. flag After Assad’s fall in December 2024, the new Syrian government has not responded, and efforts to identify victims through DNA analysis remain hampered by limited resources and access.

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