STORY: :: Satellite images from 2014-2022 show excavation
at the site of a suspected mass grave in Syria
:: Google/Maxar Technologies
:: Al Qutayfah, 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
Speaking to Reuters in a telephone interview from Damascus, Moustafa said the site at al Qutayfah, 25 miles (40 km) north of the Syrian capital, was one of five mass graves that he had identified over the years.
One satellite image shows the area in 2012 before any works had allegedly taken place.
Nine other satellite images show the same area throughout several years, from 2014 to 2022, with lines dug in the sand and later covered and more lines appearing at a later date.
Moustafa said that he is sure there are more mass graves than the five sites, and that along with Syrians victims included U.S. and British citizens and other foreigners.
Reuters was unable to confirm Moustafa’s allegations.
