Identifying Syria’s missing | Start Here shorts

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Inside the newly-opened Syrian Identification Centre, forensic scientists are carrying out painstaking work to identify bodies. Up to 300,000 people in Syria are missing and there are thought to be as many as 66 mass graves across the country. Excavating those sites, handling the remains properly and identifying the victims is likely to take years. Meanwhile the families of the missing are desperate for answers. Watch the full documentary “Syria’s urgent fight for justice” here: https://youtu.be/9SFG-nYisDg Start Here with Sandra Gathmann breaks down the big news stories so they're easy to understand. Check out the full Start Here playlist on the Al Jazeera YouTube channel. Follow Sandra on Instagram: @SandraGathmann #Syria #Justice #Accountability #WarCrimes #Documentary #HumanRights #InsideSyria #AJStartHere #AJShorts #AlJazeeraEnglish

Published 2025-10-31 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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