Many bodies have been found in Syrian detention centers and prisons since President Bashar al-Assad's government fell.
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EDS NOTE: GRAPHIC CONTENT - Syrians examine bodies wrapped in plastic bags while searching for missing people at the morgue of the Al-Mojtahed hospital in Damascus, Syria, on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024. Many are flocking to morgues, hoping to identify loved ones who have been killed or were imprisoned under the rule of President Bashar Assad, whose government collapsed over the weekend.
People examine photos as they search for missing or deceased people on the wall outside the morgue of Al-Mojtahed Hospital in Damascus, Syria, on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024. Many are flocking to morgues, hoping to identify loved ones who have been killed or were imprisoned under the rule of President Bashar Assad, whose government collapsed over the weekend.
A man leaves the Al-Mojtahed hospital morgue in Damascus, Syria, on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024. Many are flocking to morgues, hoping to identify loved ones who have been killed or were imprisoned under the rule of President Bashar Assad, whose government collapsed over the weekend. “I saw him and said my goodbyes,” he said. His gaze lingered on the blackened body of Sami Chaeeb, whose teeth were bared and whose eye sockets were empty. It looked as if he had died screaming. “He doesn’t look normal. He doesn’t even have eyes.”The dead man was jailed five months ago, disappearing into a dark prison system under the rule of President Bashar al-Assad. His body is just one of many
He rushed to the morgue after another brother living in Turkey sent him a photo of a body that looked familiar. He was able to identify his brother by a mole under his ear and a half-amputated finger, an injury from when he was 12. As they searched the morgue, some families moved among the bodies, weeping quietly and pausing to look for familiar features. The bodies lay covered in white shrouds, each marked with a number and some bearing the label “unknown.”
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