The government of former Syrian President Bashar Assad carried out a two-year clandestine operation to move thousands of bodies from one of the country's largest known mass graves to a secret location. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/15/world/syria-assad-mass-grave-cover-up/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #syria #basharassad #middleeast

At least 33 women and girls from Syria's Alawite sect have been abducted or gone missing this year in the turmoil following the fall of Bashar Assad. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/30/world/alawite-women-syria/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #middleeast #basharassad #syria