Deir ez-Zor, eastern Syria – Residents of the town of Al-Hari in eastern Deir ez-Zor countryside discovered a mass grave early Friday in the Syrian desert near the border with Iraq, containing the remains of several individuals killed under unknown circumstances.
According to our correspondent, the bodies are believed to be members of the Iran-backed Abu al-Fadl al-Abbas Brigade, including the group’s armament officer, Abu Zainab al-Mashhadani, originally from Al-Bukamal. Al-Mashhadani and his group had gone missing following the collapse of the former regime. Among the deceased was also Saleh al-Wuhaibi, the brother of the brigade’s commander, who was from the town of Al-Mayadin.
The reporter added that the bodies, which had been decomposing for several months, were handed over to the families for burial in Al-Hari Cemetery near Al-Bukamal.
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On Thursday, residents of Al-Masrab in western Deir ez-Zor also discovered the body of an unidentified man dressed in the former regime’s military uniform on the edge of the town’s desert area.
Just last month, three people were killed and another injured in landmine explosions across Deir ez-Zor province. Local sources told +963 at the time that Ahmad Nassif al-Salbi died when a war remnant landmine exploded as he attempted to remove it from his farmland in Al-Hari. Meanwhile, Abdul Majid al-Ahmad was killed and another injured when a group of youths stepped on a landmine while playing football in the nearby town of Al-Sayyal.
