Summary

Mass graves uncovered in Syria after Bashar al-Assad’s overthrow reveal evidence of systematic atrocities, with over 100,000 people tortured and killed in what a top war crimes prosecutor described as the worst abuses “since the Nazis.”

Assad’s regime operated a “machinery of death,” involving mass disappearances, torture, and secret burials.

Rebel forces freed thousands of political prisoners, but many remain missing.

International efforts aim to document war crimes, though Assad, now in Russia, is unlikely to face trial.

  • ℍ𝕂-𝟞𝟝
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    3 hours ago

    It is, but not this big yet.

    This is bigger than Gaza, not like the IDF is not trying to catch up.

    • queermunist she/her@lemmy.ml
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      2 hours ago

      Estimates are far higher than the official death toll - it’s hard to count bodies buried under the rubble.