Summary
Mass graves uncovered in Syria after Bashar al-Assad’s overthrow reveal evidence of systematic atrocities, with over 100,000 people tortured and killed in what a top war crimes prosecutor described as the worst abuses “since the Nazis.”
Assad’s regime operated a “machinery of death,” involving mass disappearances, torture, and secret burials.
Rebel forces freed thousands of political prisoners, but many remain missing.
International efforts aim to document war crimes, though Assad, now in Russia, is unlikely to face trial.
Really? Nothing else since WWII has been this bad? I can think of three off the top of my head! Syria’s neighbor is doing a holocaust right now. It’s like they’re pretending that nothing bad has happened since the Nazis were defeated.
It’s going to take some time (and digging) to find out.
However… events that unfolded in Cambodia will almost certainly have exceeded what is going to be discovered in Syria.
Most likely the same can be said about things that happened in Indonesia.
Events that continue to happen in North Korea may possibly exceed - once the place collapses and access becomes possible - which may take a century - what Bashar and his father managed to organize.
There are 100.000 bodies in a single mass grave. And that is just one out of five. That’s kinda in a league of its own.
Gaza is a mass grave at this point.
It is, but not this big yet.
This is bigger than Gaza, not like the IDF is not trying to catch up.
Estimates are far higher than the official death toll - it’s hard to count bodies buried under the rubble.
Stop. Let the people of Syria be recognized for the horrors they lived through. Wtf is wrong with you?
I will not allow Palestinians to be erased! Or any of the other mass murders of over 100,000 people! This disrespects every atrocity that has happened since the end of WWII, by saying those ones either aren’t real or don’t count.
so because theres already a genocide no other genocides can exist? Yes, the Palestina genocide is bad, but that doesn’t mean posting about any other genocide is hate towards Palestinians.
You mean the country that is claiming Syrian sovereign space like the Golan Heights for their illegal settlements since the 90s?
And currently stealing even more land!
Well, now Syria is weakened from the revolution. That is the best time to go and steal some land!
How “whatabout” that.
Stop trying to shove this news under the carpet with your “I know worse but I won’t tell you!!1!”
I’m trying to point out that history didn’t start and end in WWII, and pointing to something just as bad happening right now.
Oh, I didn’t see that you’re an “ml”
Whatever works in your fantasy world and makes you happy 🤷🏼♀️
I expect nothing less from reddit.world 🙄
Do you really think 100,000 people haven’t been killed in any since conflict since WWII? Cuz that’s the implication.
Only brown people can be Nazis
I sympathize with the message you want to bring across, what they do in Israel could never be the worst since the Nazis because they’re like us, they’re the only dem… I can’t even write that out because it’s such a propaganda lie, but yeah I get that.
On the other hand let me just agree with the other guy that there are just shitty and shittier dictatorships in the Middle East. Some of them are aligned with the US, some with Russia, all of them are corrupt motherfuckers who belong in jail. Arab leaders have collectively betrayed their people and who knows if that region will ever be free of imperialist forces.
Jail would be a mercy for those bastards. Fuck anyone who supports any dictator here.
No one was saying that?
I’m arab and even everyone that i know agrees the Ba’athists are straight up arab fascists.
So, Arab regimes in Egypt and Jordan are not?
They’re all engaged in human rights violations but Syria wasn’t a US client state so it gets the Hitler treatment.
Lmao, I literally never said that. I hate all the Arab dynasties just as much as Bashar, if not more. and Sisi is a moron.
Quit your whataboutism. Assad is bad. Dictators are bad, no matter if they are pro or anti US.
If they are pro US and kiss Israel’s ass their brutality is swept under the rug or whitewashed.
You’ll never see articles like this for Sisi or King Tomato because the colonial powers are hypocrites. That’s my point.
Sisi and king Abdullah (i assume that is “king tomato”) are morons, but they’re not even as close to the monster that is Assad. also, most westerners probably have a shallow understanding of middle eastern politics, and only knew Assad by name. but after the revolution, the horrors of his regime are finally becoming known globally. This is huge for everyone, especially for Syrians and us Arabs.
Don’t try to sympathize with monsters, dude.
Yeah so Pro US tyrants are “morons” but Assad is the most evil person ever (since Saddam Hussein presumably).
Meanwhile Jolani is a cuddly jihadist who should be integrated into the West at light speed. The facts that he bends the knee to Israel while it is invading and bombing Syria is pure coincidence.
Boy, you must be an Olympic champion at jumping to conclusions.
Sisi is evil and king Abdullah is moron. there, better? but they haven’t committed crimes against humanity as bad as Bashar. They are tyrants. I’ll give you an example of another Pro-US tyrant who is evil. Mohammed bin Salman. I fucking hate his guts, not as much as Bashar, but i still want him gone. He has terrorized Saudi Arabia and drained our country and allocated it for himself and his megaprojects, and don’t even get me started on his human rights violations.
Literally where did I ever praise Jolani? I didn’t even bring him up. and where did I say that he should be integrated into the west? i don’t live in the west, i don’t care if he is integrated or not. fuck him, he can’t wash away his history with al-qaeda. But even he isn’t as bad as Bashar. that should tell you something about how evil Bashar actually is.
It may be a surprise to you, but have you considered that multiple things can be bad at once?
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