Mass Graves Discovered as Syrian Families Seek Answers to Loved Ones’ Disappearances

 “We were not prepared for what we were going to see,” says Human Rights Watch researcher Hiba Zayadin, who recently visited one mass execution site turned mass grave in Syria, following the sudden fall of the authoritarian Assad family from power. More than 150,000 Syrians remain unaccounted for after being held in Assad’s prisons, and many are believed to be buried in mass graves. We speak to Zayadin about what’s been uncovered so far and the struggle to...read more.