Syria: mass grave found in Aleppo

A mass grave containing remains believed to be those of civilians killed by the regime of ousted President Bashar Al-Assad was found in the village of Naqqarin in the Syrian province of Aleppo on Sunday, Anadolu has reported. A number of mass graves have been found in Syria since the overthrow of the Baathist regime on 8 December.

The Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA), for example, announced the discovery of a mass grave on 29 December in the vicinity of the Houla region in Homs. It is also believed to contain the remains of Assad’s victims.

It is understood that there are many mass graves in Syria that have not yet been discovered. The aim of exhuming the bodies in the graves is to reveal the fate of missing individuals.

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