25 bodies recovered from a mass grave near Damascus
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Officials say the victims were killed by Assad's forces in an ambush while fleeing eastern Ghouta during the recent civil war.
Breakdown
- 25 bodies were recovered from a mass grave in a Damascus suburb.
- The site is believed to contain at least 175 victims from a 2014 ambush. 10s
- Families of the missing visited the site seeking information about loved ones. 21s
- Full excavation awaits a formal process by the National Commission for Missing Persons. 47s
- An estimated 150,000 people remain missing from the Syrian war. 1m 1s