There’s only one thought that comes to Rami al-Sayed’s mind when asked to describe an ongoing Syrian government offensive against an ISIL pocket south of the capital, Damascus.
“Doomsday,” says the 35-year-old. “It’s like Judgement Day.”
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A picture shows on April 23, 2018 bodies that have been found in a mass grave in the former Islamic State group stronghold of Raqa in Syria.
Nearly 50 bodies had already been recovered from the mass grave, which could contain up to 200 bodies, including those of jihadists and civilians, Abdallah al-Eriane, a senior official with Raqa Civil Council now running the city, said. The mass grave was located under a football pitch, close to a hospital where the jihadists had dug in before being chased out of the city.
