Specialized teams from the Syrian Civil Defense, in coordination with the National Authority for the Missing, recovered human remains belonging to 10 unidentified individuals from a dry riverbed located inside a former military zone in Hosh al-Dawahira in Douma, in Damascus countryside , officials said in a statement published Monday on the Civil Defense Telegram channel.
According to the statement published Monday on the Civil Defense Telegram channel, the team collected skeletal remains that initial assessments indicated belonged to 10 people. The operation followed established protocols for documenting, recovering and transporting remains, ahead of formally handing them over to the competent authorities for the necessary forensic and legal procedures.
Civil Defense noted that, before work began, its Explosive Ordnance Disposal team carried out a survey of the area to ensure the site was free of landmines or unexploded munitions, given the nature of the location as a former military zone.
The statement urged residents not to approach or disturb sites where remains or potential mass graves may be present, emphasizing that any untrained interference can damage crime scenes and obscure critical forensic evidence used to determine the fate and identity of missing persons.
In recent months, authorities have uncovered several mass graves containing hundreds of remains in different parts of Syria, attributed to the actions of the former regime and its allies.
