‘Operation Move Earth’: How ousted Syrian leader Assad relocated a mass grave; what was the purpose?

Syrian government secretly moved thousands of bodies from a mass grave in Qutayfah to a hidden desert location between 2019 and 2021. Dubbed ‘Operation Move Earth,’ the clandestine effort involved nightly truck convoys to conceal evidence of alleged mass killings and crimes. This operation, uncovered by Reuters, highlights the ongoing crisis of missing persons in Syria. Syrian government secretly moved thousands of bodies from a mass grave in Qutayfah to a hidden desert location between 2019 and 2021. Dubbed ‘Operation Move Earth,’ the clandestine effort involved nightly truck convoys to conceal evidence of alleged mass killings and crimes. This operation, uncovered by Reuters, highlights the ongoing crisis of missing persons in Syria.