MASS GRAVE FOUND IN SYRIA'S ALEPPO

Aleppo, Syria, 28 Rabi’ul Akhir 1435/1 March 2014 (MINA) – Human rights organization finds one mass grave and potential others in northern Syria

A mass grave has been found in an Aleppo district previously controlled by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) forces, activists said Friday.

A Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SNHR) spokesman, Ahmad Muhammad Ali, told Anadolu Agency that other possible mass graves were also discovered in Aleppo’s Aazaz district in the wake of ISIL’s withdrawal from the area, Anadolu Agency quoted by Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA) as reporting, Saturday

Ali also said ten corpses were removed in the Jabal Bursaya region in northern Aleppo.

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A recent SNHR report said ISIL was responsible for killing nearly 200 civilians and arresting over 2,000 over an eight-month period up to January.

The group, mainly based in Raqqah and Aleppo, is said to have tensions with many factions among the Syria regime’s opposition, while mostly avoiding confrontation with forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad. (T/P012/E01)

Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA)