The disappearances of Christians under the Assad regime

In 2024, following the collapse of the Assad regime, investigative journalists and human rights groups gained access to intelligence archives once guarded with absolute secrecy. Among the files was a June 2012 memo detailing prisoner’s deaths in custody. The documents confirmed that bodies were routinely transferred to military hospitals and buried without notifying families. Names were redacted, but cross-referencing with witness accounts and hospital records pointed to at least dozens of Christians among the victims.

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