Mass graves shed a light on Assad’s ‘killing machine’
Middle East conflict Live updates Israel-Lebanon strikes Hezbollah explained Remaining hostages Mass graves shed a light on Assad’s ‘killing machine’ The International Commission on Missing Persons estimates there could be as many as 66 mass grave sites across Syria. 423 F amily members of inmates and people who disappeared during the Assad regime look for the bodies of loved ones inside a morgue in Damascus, Syria. Images of bodies that have been found have been posted on a wall outside the hospital. (Lorenzo Tugnoli for The Washington Post) By Loveday Morris and Suzan Haidamous QUTAYFAH, Syria — Refrigerated trucks would come nearly every day to dump the bodies in this barren field just outside the Syrian capital, witnesses said. It was the job of Fayad al-Hasan, 55, a cleaner in Qutayfah, 25 miles north of Damascus, to unload the dead and toss them into deep trenches carved into the dusty earth. Middle East conflict The Israel-Gaza war has gone on for over a year, and tensions have ...