Gorge is one of more than 20 mass graves found in areas formerly controlled by IS. FMTNews IS
BEIRUT: Human Rights Watch on Monday called for an investigation into a spectacular gorge in northern Syria that has been used as a dumping site for dead bodies over several years.
HRW investigated the site since the area was wrested from the militants by Kurdish-led forces in late 2017 and found that bodies were dumped in the gorge during, but also after, IS rule. The sinkhole, whose full depth is not visible from the edge, has always held near-mythical status in the area but was once a popular escape where residents would go for family picnics.
HRW said that the existence of the open mass grave came to light when an IS fighter took his laptop to a repair shop in the town of Tal Abyad.
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