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A number of mass graves were uncovered after the fall of the Assad regime in December 2024. The primary site was located in al-Qutayfah, approximately 37 km (23 mi) north of Damascus, with additional mass graves discovered throughout the southern Damascus countryside and in southern Syria. The primary al-Qutayfah site was predicted by ...
Concurrently with the advance towards Damascus, opposition militia Tahrir al-Sham and the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army in the north launched an offensive into Homs, [12] while the Syrian Free Army advanced into the capital from the southeast. [13] [better source needed] By 8 December 2024, rebel forces entered the city's Barzeh ...
The alleged mass grave site in the city of Qutayfah, about 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Damascus, is marked by trenches 6-7 meters (19-23 feet) deep, 3-4 meters wide, and 50-150 meters long ...
People celebrate the fall of Damascus at the Umayyad mosque (December 2024) Thousands of Syrians assembled at the main square of Damascus, chanting "freedom". Jubilation occurred across the city following an announcement by the Syrian rebels claiming President Bashar al-Assad's rule had ended. [ 3 ]
Rights groups say 140,000 people missing since 2011 are now dead, many of them tortured before being dumped in mass graves.
On 20 January, Israeli airstrikes in Damascus killed at least ten people, including the head of intelligence of the IRGC in Syria, his deputy, and two other IRGC officers. [9] On 22 January, five Syrian soldiers were killed in an IED explosion targeting their vehicle on a road near Al-Harra, Daraa. [10]
A HTS commander stated his forces were less than 20 kilometers away from the southern gate of Damascus after capturing Al-Sanamayn. Syrian state media reported ballistic missile launches from Damascus towards Daraa. [27] [28] On 7 December 2024, six civilians were killed by SAA shelling in Daraa. [3]
On 7 December 2024, Syrian opposition Southern Operations Room forces entered the Rif Dimashq region from the south, and came within 20 kilometres (12 mi) of the capital Damascus. The Syrian Arab Army withdrew from multiple points in the outskirts.