The Syrian Civil Defense said the remains of 14 individuals were discovered in the Adra industrial area northeast of Damascus during excavation work for mill foundations.
Recovery operations at the site were carried out by search teams in coordination with the National Commission for the Missing, the public prosecutor, and security authorities, the Syrian Arab News Agency reported.
The National Mine Action Center first surveyed the area to ensure it was free of land mines and discovered the bones of four individuals scattered due to earlier digging. Subsequent searches led to the recovery of the remains of 10 more people.
Officials said the remains were documented and collected in line with forensic procedures, as authorities work to identify the victims and investigate what is believed to be a suspected mass grave linked to the regime of former president Bashar al-Assad.
According to the Syrian Network for Human Rights, nearly 177,000 people have been forcibly disappeared in Syria since March 2011, when the Syrian Civil War began.
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