DAMASCUS: Two mass graves containing dozens of bodies of civilians and Syrian troops killed by Daesh militants have been found in the west of Raqqa province, state news agency SANA reported Friday.
The bodies were discovered based on information provided by residents near Wawi in the west of the province, which borders Turkey. It said they had been executed.
Recovery operations were expected to last several days “due to the huge area of the two mass graves,” SANA quoted a source from the Syrian civil defense as saying.
It was not immediately clear when they had been killed, other than while Daesh controlled the northerly province, SANA said.
Daesh, which proclaimed a “caliphate” over swathes of Syria and Iraq in 2014, has now lost almost all the land it once controlled.
It has been held responsible for multiple atrocities during its reign of terror, including mass executions and decapitations.
In December 2014, the bodies of 230 people executed by Daesh were found in a mass grave in the eastern province of Deir Ezzor.
Another 200 civilians, including women and children, were killed by the group in June 2015 in the city of Kobani.
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Two mass graves found in Raqqa: Reports
Two mass graves found in Raqqa: Reports
Turkiye’s Erdogan tells UK’s Starmer more can be done for dialogue on Iran
- Prolonged interventions could cause great damage to regional and global stability
ISTANBUL: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told British Prime Minister Keir Starmer by phone that there are still things that can be done to build a ground for dialogue on Iran, and that Turkiye’s peace-focused efforts are ongoing.
The Turkish presidency statement on Saturday cited Erdogan as saying that Turkiye was monitoring the process that began with the attacks on Iran, and that prolonged interventions could cause great damage to regional and global stability.
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