In a drug warehouse in Damascus, more than 20 corpses were found.

After the fall of the Baath regime, mass graves and corpses continue to be found in Syria. In a warehouse in the Sayyida Zaynab area of Damascus, remains of more than 20 individuals, including children, were discovered. Civil Defense teams that arrived at the scene have initiated an investigation.

INVESTIGATION INITIATED IN MEDICINE WAREHOUSE

Ammar Selmo, a member of the Civil Defense Management Board, stated that they have started an investigation in the medicine warehouse in the Sayyida Zaynab area.

"OUR TEAMS ARE TRYING TO DOCUMENT THE CORPSES"

Selmo said, "This place is seen as a medicine warehouse, but we found a cold storage inside. We saw that the warehouse has turned into a place where decayed bodies and skeletons are kept. Our teams are trying to document the corpses. We are trying to collect the skeletons and determine the number of victims."

"WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT THEY DID TO THE CORPSES"

Selmo, who stated that DNA tests would be conducted on the corpses later, said, "This is the Sayyida Zaynab area. Before the regime collapsed, this area was the headquarters of Iranian militias. A militia force occupies a place and keeps the corpses in the warehouse. We do not know what they did to these corpses. We do not know where they were detained or how they were killed."

DEVELOPMENTS IN SYRIA

On November 27, clashes intensified between regime-opposed armed groups and Bashar al-Assad's forces in Syria. The regime-opposed armed groups gained superiority in major cities such as Aleppo, Idlib, Hama, and Homs between November 30 and December 7.

As groups began to enter the capital Damascus on December 7, with support from the masses, the regime completely lost control in Damascus and many other regions, leading to its collapse. The 61-year rule of the Baath Party came to an end, and regime leader Assad fled the capital. Meanwhile, the Syrian National Army also liberated the district center of Tel Rifaat from the terrorist organization PKK/YPG on the first day of the Operation Dawn of Freedom launched in December. With the liberation of the district of Manbij, the region, which had turned into the largest terrorist stronghold west of the Euphrates River, was cleared of PKK/YPG.