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May 16, 2017

State Dept.: Syrian Government Burning Bodies of Those Killed at Saydnaya Prison
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In more news on Syria, the U.S. State Department says it believes the
Syrian government has been burning the bodies of those killed at the
Saydnaya prison outside Damascus in a crematorium. Amnesty International
says the Syrian government has executed up to 13,000 people at the
prison since 2011. Physicians for Human Rights said, "If shown to be
true, the Syrian government's use of a crematorium demonstrates the
extent to which the Syrian government has become a machine that commits
mass murder with impunity."


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