{"id":132221,"date":"2025-11-17T20:40:19","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T20:40:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?p=132221"},"modified":"2025-11-17T20:41:25","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T20:41:25","slug":"mass-grave-with-10-bodies-unearthed-in-damascus-countryside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/132221\/","title":{"rendered":"Mass grave with 10 bodies unearthed in Damascus countryside"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) <\/strong>\u2013 Workers on Monday discovered the remains of ten people inside a decommissioned Syrian government air-defense battalion in the town of Otaya, Damascus countryside, during maintenance and cleaning operations along a dry sewage channel that crosses the former military site, state media reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Government outlets said the discovery occurred at the former \u201cPatchora\u201d air-defense unit, prompting the immediate arrival of Civil Defense teams, the National Board for the Missing Persons, and Internal Security personnel. The site was secured before documentation procedures began, according to the reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In an official statement, the Civil Defense said its specialized units responded to a notification about \u201chuman remains inside a dry riverbed within a former military location in the Housh al-Dhawahira area of Douma.\u201d It added that an explosive ordnance disposal team conducted a technical sweep to ensure the area was free of mines and unexploded ordnance before recovery operations started.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The statement noted that initial findings indicate \u201cthe remains belong to ten unidentified individuals,\u201d adding that the remains were documented and transported \u201cin accordance with approved protocols\u201d to allow legal and forensic procedures aimed at determining their identities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>By Atoun Jan<\/strong><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) \u2013 Workers on Monday discovered the remains of ten people inside a decommissioned Syrian government air-defense battalion in the town of Otaya, Damascus countryside, during maintenance and cleaning operations along a dry sewage channel that crosses the former military site, state media reported. 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