Raqqa

Syrians Lose Their Relatives’ Remains After They Were Removed From Mass Graves

Mohammad Bassiki and Ali Ibrahim

Since the liberation of Raqqa in 2017, the city’s residents are still on a journey to search for the bodies of their relatives after they buried them under suspicious circumstances.They had to transport the remains in primitive ways from mass graves and parks out of the city. During the transfers, many of the bodies were lost and the remains were scattered, and they may have disappeared forever.

Investigations

Syria’s Sinister yet Lucrative Trade in Dead Bodies

Ali Al Ibrahim – Khalifa Al Khuder

“The corpses the officers had marked we would later dig up and hand back to them. They would ask the victims’ families for $1,500 to $3,000 per body.”

Investigations

The Women of Raqqa and Deir Ez-Zor are the New Breadwinners

Salma Zayed

The Syrian woman today is expected to play several roles, due to the intense current circumstances, which still include harsh challenges.

They Accused their Mother of Apostasy, Divorced their Husbands, and Became IS Brides: The Saga of Three Sisters

Adnan El Hussein- Iraqi journalist

The sisters hail from the Syrian city of Al-Bab. They joined the local branch of the Islamic State, and enrolled in hisbah- the group’s women morality police.

Raqqa

Syrians Lose Their Relatives’ Remains After They Were Removed From Mass Graves

Syria’s Sinister yet Lucrative Trade in Dead Bodies

The Women of Raqqa and Deir Ez-Zor are the New Breadwinners

They Accused their Mother of Apostasy, Divorced their Husbands, and Became IS Brides: The Saga of Three Sisters

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