The bodies of at least 30 individuals believed to have been executed by the so-called Islamic State (IS) group have been found in northern Syria following a joint search led by the Qatar team in conjunction with the FBI, Qatari authorities confirmed.
According to a statement issued by Qatar’s internal security forces, the operation was carried out at the request of the FBI, and DNA testing is underway to confirm the identity of the deceased.
The statement did not specify which individuals were trying to find.
The body was found remotely in Davik, near Syria’s northern border with Türkiye.
The extremist group, which declared the so-called caliphate, lost most of its bases by the second half of 2017 and managed Syria and Iraq’s territory for nearly five years after being declared defeat in 2019.
During that profession, the person responsible for the acquiring and killing of dozens of foreigners, including journalists and aid workers, was held responsible.
Among them were American journalists James Foley and Stephen Sotlov, humanitarian workers Kayla Mueller and Peter Kasig and British correspondent John Country.
Separately, Musgraves was previously located on a territory under the control of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
The Al-Assad government was accused of forcing the dissidents to disappear through feared security and intelligence reporting agencies.
UN estimates for 2021 show that more than 130,000 Syrians were forced to disappear after the 2011 anti-government movement quickly transformed into a civil war.
