Syria mass graves: Daunting task of searching for and naming the dead

Most of the more than 100,000 people who disappeared in Syria since 2011 are now believed to be dead.

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A Grisly Discovery at a Bronze Age Mass Grave: The Victims Were Eaten, Too

“It’s taken us all aback,” said a professor who led a study revealing that 37 people in a prehistoric site in England were likely consumed by their attackers.
The New York Times - 20h
'Mass shooting' in Maryland: 1 dead, 9 wounded and vehicle in flames

Gunfire erupted in Towson, Maryland, on Tuesday evening, leaving 1 person dead and 9 others wounded, according to police.
ABC News - 1h
Mass shooting in Towson, Maryland leaves 1 dead and 9 injured

At least one person is dead and nine are injured after what police called a mass shooting near a funeral home in Towson, Maryland on Tuesday night, police said.
NBC News - 6h
After Assad's fall, the task of unearthing the dead from Syria's mass graves is just beginning

Tens of thousands of Syrians are believed to be buried in mass graves scattered around the country, victims of the security agencies of ousted President Bashar Assad
ABC News - 6h
France mass rape trial triggers soul-searching in Spain

Yahoo News - 6h
3 dead, 6 injured in Wisconsin elementary school mass shooting

A teacher and student are dead and six others are wounded after another student opened fire inside a study hall classroom at a Madison, Wisconsin, elementary school on Monday. The shooter, who died ...
NBC News - 1d
Searching for Syria’s Disappeared

Taher al-Zain’s father disappeared 12 years ago at the height of Bashar al-Assad’s regime. Now, like thousands of other Syrians, he is trying to find clues about what happened, and whether or not ...
The New York Times - 1d
‘No political authority’: South Korea’s interim leader faces daunting task

Han Duck-soo must navigate foreign policy challenges and warring political factions after president’s impeachment
Financial Times - 3d
A Search in Syria for the Disappeared

Syrians raced to newly emptied prisons to reunite with loved ones snatched away by the brutal regime of Bashar al-Assad, but their quest sometimes took them to the morgue.
The New York Times - Dec. 11