Syrian state television revealed new details about the handling of recordings and documents related to the "Tadamon massacre." The episode highlighted sharp divisions within the research team working on the case, accusing certain parties of withholding crucial evidence from the official authorities investigating the incident.
According to the shocking information presented on the program "On the Table," the disagreements within the team were not recent, but rather date back to 2023, when a major rift occurred, leading to its split into two separate groups.
This division arose after two young men who collected the videos, along with researcher Damir Suleiman, objected to the way researcher Ansar Shahoud and her group handled the case. The first group accused Shahoud's group of exploiting the videos for personal gain and leaking a sensitive clip to the media to achieve wider exposure. Those who objected considered this a sacrifice of the sanctity of the case and the integrity of legal procedures in favor of media propaganda.
In statements that shocked human rights and media circles, former team member Damir Suleiman and Dr. Ammar Issa, representing the National Commission for Missing Persons, confirmed that the Ansar Shahoud group had never handed over the videos of the massacre to the Commission, contrary to previous beliefs.
Sources indicated that the two young men and researcher Damir Suleiman had believed for some time that the handover had already taken place, based on an official photograph that had circulated previously showing a member of the Shahoud group with Minister Asaad al-Shaibani. This photograph suggested full coordination and the transfer of evidence, but it later turned out to be a deception.
Upon discovering the truth, the two young men, who were instrumental in hacking Amjad Youssef's device and obtaining the videos at great personal risk, immediately established direct and personal contact with the National Commission for Missing Persons. They handed over all the videos and documents in their entirety approximately 20 days ago to support the course of justice and the investigation. As a result of the Commission's investigations, in cooperation with the Ministry of Interior, footage was discovered showing Rania al-Abbasi's children. It was revealed that they were executed in Tadamon by the accused Amjad Youssef.
In a related context, these developments opened the door to direct accusations from the Abbasi family against the Ansar Shahoud group for concealing footage proving the fate of their children, while only one of the 26 videos has been released.
The family stated that the fate of Rania Abbasi's children had been known to the Ansar Shahoud group for years, but the information was kept secret despite all the pain the family endured during that period. The group refused to release the videos or even send photos of the victims.
In an exclusive statement to Zaman al-Wasl, Hassan Abbasi confirmed that he personally contacted Ansar Shahoud and sent them photos of his sister's children several times, but they completely denied that they were among the victims in the Tadamon massacre videos. It has now become clear that the children were indeed among the victims and appeared in videos that Ansar Shahoud refused to release or discuss. He questioned, with indignation, the reason for this continued denial.
Current data indicates a deeper crisis in the file of the missing and victims in general. Data confirms that several human rights organizations, groups, and teams are still withholding crucial evidence, documents, and information on crimes, refusing to hand them over or share them with the National Commission for the Missing. This ongoing withholding raises serious questions about the true objectives of these entities, especially since concealing evidence directly hinders legal accountability efforts and obstructs attempts to uncover the fate of thousands of missing persons.
Al-Hussein Al-Shishakli
Zaman Al Wasl
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