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Syria: Eyewitnesses break silence on 2012 Darayya massacre

Mohamad Chreyteh
December 24, 2024

Even after the fall of Bashar Assad, horrors linger for many Syrians navigating rubble and remains in Darayya, near Damascus. DW's Mohamad Chreyteh reports from the site of the 2012 massacre.

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