A National Commission for Missing Persons has been gathering evidence of enforced disappearances under Bashar Assad, but it has yet to offer families any clues on the estimated 150,000 people who vanished in his prisons. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/09/world/syria-detainee-families/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #syria #basharassad
Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa vowed to usher in an era of justice and coexistence a year after the overthrow of former leader Bashar Assad as tens of thousands took to the streets to mark the anniversary. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/09/world/politics/syria-one-year-assad-ousting/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #syria #ahmadalsharaa #basharassad #syriancivilwar #middleeast
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