Archive

Syrians Discover ‘Mass Grave’

Middle East

Government denies claim after 13 bodies discovered.

cheats/2011/05/17/syrians-discover-mass-grave/syria-514_xilhho
AP Photo

Residents of Daraa, the Syrian city recently under siege, say they’ve pulled 13 bodies from the ground in the city’s rural outskirts in what appears to be a mass grave. The bodies belong to Abdullah Abdul Aziz Aba Zaid, four of his six children, six other men, a woman, and a child. The Syrian government says the claims are “completely untrue.” Hundreds of people remain missing since the government’s attack on the city last month.

Read it at Al Jazeera

Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast here.