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The Syrian government is planning to turn Mezzeh military airport into a private aviation facility [Getty]
Syria
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Syria moves to protect mass grave sites at Mezzeh airport

Syrian authorities are moving to protect suspected mass graves at Mezzeh Military Airport amid controversial plans to commercially develop the site.

The New Arab Staff
23 September, 2026
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Gaza genocide
Society
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Gaza mass graves grow as families wait years to bury their dead

Ansam Al-Kitaa

Ansam Al-Kitaa

27 August, 2026
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Sudan
MENA
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Sudan's RSF used mass graves to conceal war crimes: ICC

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
19 January, 2026
Much of the Qaboun district, where the remains were found, remains in rubble
Post-Assad Syria
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Bodies found in Damascus as Assad crimes come to light in Syria

The New Arab Staff
24 October, 2025
Qutayfah [Getty]
Syria
MENA
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Assad regime secretly moved mass grave to cover up killings

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
15 October, 2025
The number of bodies found in the mass grave rose to 68 on Friday [Getty]
Syria
MENA
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SDF denies responsibility for mass grave found in Syria

The New Arab Staff
16 July, 2021
Airstrikes hit Abu al-Duhur military airport in Syria’s Idlib, causing damage to runways
Syria
MENA
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Mass grave containing 35 bodies found in Syria’s Afrin

The New Arab Staff
15 July, 2021
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MENA
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10 more bodies found in Libya mass grave

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
22 January, 2021
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MENA
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Libyan government finds more bodies in former Haftar stronghold

The New Arab Staff
03 July, 2020
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Libya FM urges international UN probe into Tarhuna graves

The New Arab Staff
15 June, 2020
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UN
MENA
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UN chief shocked at Libya mass graves

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
13 June, 2020
Tarhouna [AFP via Getty]
UN
MENA
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UN voices 'horror' over Libya mass graves

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
12 June, 2020
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War Crimes
MENA
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Libyan government forces find mass graves in Tarhouna

The New Arab Staff
11 June, 2020
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Qom
MENA
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Iran has built mass graves for 'coronavirus victims'

The New Arab
13 March, 2020
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Syria
MENA
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Largest IS mass grave yet found outside Syria's Raqqa

The New Arab & agencies
21 February, 2019
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Syria
MENA
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Bodies found in mass graves near Syria ex-IS stronghold

The New Arab & agencies
12 December, 2018
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Analysis
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Iran destroys mass graves of 1988 prison massacre victims

The New Arab
01 May, 2018
Iraq mass grave mosul -- AFP
Tal Afar
MENA
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Iraqi military discovers mass grave sites of IS victims

The New Arab & agencies
26 August, 2017
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Yazidi
MENA
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Scores of Yazidi mass graves found in Iraq's Sinjar

The New Arab
11 April, 2017
Mosul mass graves -- AFP
Mosul
MENA
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Iraqi policemen 'massacred then buried in IS mass grave'

The New Arab
17 November, 2016
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War Crimes
MENA
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Islamic State 'buried thousands in mass graves'

The New Arab
30 August, 2016