Story:: Satellite imagery from 2014 to 2022 shows excavations
Site of suspected mass graves in Syria
:: Google/Maxar Technology
:: Ancient Taifa, Syria
* September 2012
:: September 30, 2014
:: January 12, 2016
:: April 19, 2016
:: September 4, 2019
:: November 12, 2019
:: November 19, 2019
:: August 4, 2020
:: August 8, 2022
:: October 15, 2022
Mustafa told Reuters in a telephone interview from Damascus that the ancient Taifa site, 25 miles (40 kilometers) north of the Syrian capital, was one of five mass graves he had discovered over the years.
A satellite image shows the area in 2012, when no work was said to have been carried out.
Nine other satellite images show the same area over several years, from 2014 to 2022, with lines dug into the sand and later covered over, with more lines appearing later.
Mustafa said he was convinced there were more mass graves than those at the five sites, and that in addition to Syrians, the victims included U.S. and British citizens and other foreigners.
Reuters could not confirm Mustafa’s allegations.
