Published On: Fri, Mar 14th, 2025

Human rights investigators race to document Syria killings on social media

Two men on the back of a truck, one with a large gun.

Hundreds of people have been killed amid armed clashes in Syria, with many of those deaths filmed and published on the internet. CBC’s visual investigations team has verified three of those deaths. The practice of publicizing killings is both shocking and an important tool for researchers, an expert says.

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Human rights investigators race to document Syria killings on social media