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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Ruth Michaelson

Ten years on, first full report records Syrian regime’s massacre at Daraya

This photograph provided by the Shaam News Network shows a mass grave said to contain the bodies of victims of the Daraya massacre.
This photograph provided by the Shaam News Network shows a mass grave said to contain the bodies of victims of the Daraya massacre. Photograph: Anonymous/AP

The “startling display of violence” meted out by Syrian government forces against civilians in the town of Daraya 10 years ago has been laid bare in the first detailed investigation into the massacre.

At least 700 people were killed when forces loyal to president Bashar al-Assad stormed the town between 24 and 26 August 2012. Troops went door to door killing and detaining men, women and children. Terrified people sheltered in basements.

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