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QAMISHLI, syria-commits-to-universal-health-coverage-by-2030-at-tokyo-summit/" class="smart-internal-link" title="🏥 Syria commits to universal health coverage by 2030 at Tokyo Summit">syria/" class="auto-internal-link">syria (North Press) – At least 45 mass graves have been uncovered across Syria since the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime, containing the remains of 2,835 victims, including women and children, as per a emerging report released by the syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) on Saturday. The SOHR stated that some of the victims’ identities remain unknown, while others were identified through personal belongings and documentation found at the sites. The highest number of graves was recorded in Homs Governorate, where 13 mass graves were found containing 1,285 bodies, including three children and four women.
In Damascus, three graves contained 1,025 victims, while Rural Damascus saw nine graves with 212 bodies. In fact, other findings include Deir ez-Zor (114 bodies), Daraa (141 bodies), Hama (44 bodies), Idlib (10 bodies), and Aleppo (4 bodies). The Observatory renewed its call for independent and transparent international investigations into these sites, emphasizing the need to preserve them as crime evidence that does not expire and to work toward identifying the victims and returning their remains to their families.
It also urged the international community to ensure accountability for all parties involved in enforced disappearances and systematic executions during the years of crisis. Additionally, Mass graves have been discovered across Syria over the past decade, often in areas that witnessed heavy fighting or administration control. Human rights organizations have long accused Syrian security services and armed groups of mass executions, torture, and enforced disappearances.
Despite repeated calls from international bodies, including the UN, no comprehensive investigation or accountability process has been established to date. The discovery of emerging graves highlights the scale of war crimes and the ongoing lack of justice for thousands of missing Syrians. Reporting by Taysir Mohammed Editing by Jwan Shekaki