(Zaman Al Wasl)- A mass grave was exhumed Tuesday from a school in Raqqa city, the First Response Team of Raqqa Local Council said.
Yaser al-Khamis, head of the team said thirteen bodies were recovered from a school in the Badu (Bedouins) neighborhood in Raqqa city, saying the grave is the 16th mass grave to be exhumed since the fall of Daesh (ISIS) in October 2017.
Since the defeat of the Islamic State in Raqqa, the digging began by the forensic teams to lift bodies believed to have been buried there during the four-month campaign to liberate the city.
So far, 5000 bodies have been exhumed from mass graves in the areas of Al-Rasheed Stadium, the zoo, Bedouin Neighborhood, and Ancient Mosque.
Last January, 660 bodies were exhumed from al-Fakhikha village south of Raqqa city.
Rescuers and recovery teams continue to locate mass graves around Raqqa.
In November 2018, about 800 bodies exhumed from Panorama mass grave as estimates put the number of bodies buried there at around 1,500.
Raqqa-based activists said victims of the mass graves victims were not only killed by Daesh, but also by the US-led Coalition airstrikes and the YPG-led Syrian Democratic Forces.
The regime forces also found a mass graves near Tabqa air base, containing bodies of 60 troops killed by Daesh in 2014. The bodies have been moved to Aleppo military hospital.
The SDF has been the main partner of the U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State in Syria, helping drive the jihadists out of swathes of northern and eastern Syria.
Since the Syrian revolution erupted in 2011, more than 560,000 people have been killed, and more than 6 million people have been displaced.
Zaman Al Wasl
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