“We are talking about a system of state terror," Stephen Rapp, former U.S. war crimes ambassador at large, said of how people lived in Syria under the Assad regime.

Summary

Mass graves uncovered in Syria after Bashar al-Assad’s overthrow reveal evidence of systematic atrocities, with over 100,000 people tortured and killed in what a top war crimes prosecutor described as the worst abuses “since the Nazis.”

Assad’s regime operated a “machinery of death,” involving mass disappearances, torture, and secret burials.

Rebel forces freed thousands of political prisoners, but many remain missing.

International efforts aim to document war crimes, though Assad, now in Russia, is unlikely to face trial.

  • fxomt@lemm.eeEnglish
    6·
    4 hours ago

    Lmao, I literally never said that. I hate all the Arab dynasties just as much as Bashar, if not more. and Sisi is a moron.

    Quit your whataboutism. Assad is bad. Dictators are bad, no matter if they are pro or anti US.

    • Mrkawfee@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      41 minutes ago

      If they are pro US and kiss Israel’s ass their brutality is swept under the rug or whitewashed.

      You’ll never see articles like this for Sisi or King Tomato because the colonial powers are hypocrites. That’s my point.

      • fxomt@lemm.eeEnglish
        1·
        33 minutes ago

        Sisi and king Abdullah (i assume that is “king tomato”) are morons, but they’re not even as close to the monster that is Assad. also, most westerners probably have a shallow understanding of middle eastern politics, and only knew Assad by name. but after the revolution, the horrors of his regime are finally becoming known globally. This is huge for everyone, especially for Syrians and us Arabs.

        Don’t try to sympathize with monsters, dude.