23 Mass Graves Containing Human Remains Discovered Since the Beginning of 2026

Welat TV - Erbil

The discovery of mass graves continues in various parts of Syria, bringing renewed attention to the issue of missing persons, detainees, and victims whose fate remains unknown, as sites containing human remains continue to be uncovered across several provinces.

According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the discovery of 23 mass graves since the beginning of 2026, containing the remains of 203 people across several provinces.

The Observatory said that the discoveries have been concentrated particularly in Aleppo, Rural Damascus, Deir Ez-Zour, and Homs, while other cases were recorded in Damascus, Daraa, Hasaka, Hama, and Raqqa.

The Observatory added that geographically, Aleppo ranked first in terms of the number of human remains, with 70 people found in three mass graves, followed by Rural Damascus, with 41 people in five graves; Deir Ez-Zour, with 22 people in four graves; and Homs, with 21 people in four graves.

The total also included Daraa, where two mass graves contained the remains of 13 people; Damascus, where one grave contained the remains of 11 people; Raqqa, where one grave contained the remains of 10 people; Hasaka, where one grave contained the remains of nine people; and Hama, where two graves contained the remains of six people.

As a result, the total number of mass graves documented since the beginning of 2026 reached 23, containing the remains of 203 people, with the documentation covering the period through the end of August.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights stressed the need to treat the issue of mass graves and missing persons as a matter of urgent humanitarian, human rights, and judicial importance.