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GrayzoneDEC 2024
Mass Graves Reportedly Discovered Near Damascus
Above: A mass grave is uncovered in the Baghdad Bridge area of Damascus, Syria as White Helmets to work in the area on Dec. 17, 2024. Image copyright: Emin Sansar/Contributor/Anadolu via Getty Images
The Spin
Pro-establishment narrative
The systematic nature of mass killings and burials reveals a state-sponsored program of extermination, with evidence pointing to a coordinated effort involving military hospitals, intelligence branches, and disposal sites that operated continuously for years under Bashar al-Assad's dictatorship.
Establishment-critical narrative
The claims about mass graves are unverified allegations being used to justify the violent overthrow of a legitimate government, and the numbers cited are clearly speculative. Western media has made a sustained attempt to slander Syria's former government by whitewashing the crimes of anti-government forces and amplifying sensationalist headlines.