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Discovery of Massacre in Al-Qaryatayn after ISIS withdrawal

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The residents of Al-Qaryatayn city, in the Eastern Homs Province, found the dead bodies of over 70 people after ISIS withdrew from the city. The victims were slaughtered with knives or shot dead within close proximity.

On Friday 29/09/2017, ISIS broke into the city that was under the regime’s control and forced the residents to stay within their homes. The city was under their control for 21 days, then they withdrew on Saturday 21/10/2017, with the regime’s forces entering the city once again.

After the regime’s forces withdrew, the residents started discovering the bodies of people who had been kidnapped when ISIS captured the city. Thirty-five bodies were discovered in one of the wells, and more bodies were discovered in different areas of the city.

Al-Qaryatayn is 85 kilometres away from Homs and contains around 10,000 residents.

The victims identified so far are:

  1. Ibrahim al-Talib
  2. Ibrahim Khalid al-Asoorah
  3. Ibrahim Mohamed Khair al-Bukhait
  4. Abu Dareed al-Najm
  5. Ahmed Mohamed Saeed al-Abd al-Raheem
  6. Iyad al-Suwais
  7. Bassam Saeed al-Bakeer
  8. Bashar Ahmed al-Raheem
  9. Hassan al-Ghali
  10. Hassan Qasim al-Qandar
  11. Hussain al-Sulaibi
  12. Hussain al-Qadash
  13. Hussain Ali al-Ruwaishdi
  14. Hussain Ali al-Sulaibi
  15. Khalid al-Dhahir
  16. Khalid Issam al-Darwabi
  17. Khalid Mohamed al-Darwabi
  18. Khairi Mohamed al-Qandar
  19. Fidaa al-Zukaimi
  20. Rafiq Salih al-Dufais
  21. Ziyad Mohamed Rasheed al-Umoori
  22. Samir Ahmed al-Fadhil
  23. Sami Mohamed Qasim al-Assaf
  24. Asim al-Barrad
  25. Amir Mohamed Subhi
  26. Abdul-Basit al-Hijazi
  27. Abdul-Hakim Abdul-Karim al-Qadoor
  28. Abdul-Hameed Mohamed Saeed al-Abd al-Raheem
  29. Abdul-Raheem al-Dhahir
  30. Abdo Ahmed al-Shahadah
  31. Abdo Mondhir al-Tayfoor
  32. Othman Abdul-Raheem al-Olaiqah
  33. Azzam Waheed al-Rowaishdi
  34. Afeef Ahmed al-Bukhait
  35. Omar Ahmed al-Bukhait
  36. Ghazwan Mohamed al-Shahadah
  37. Fadi Lotfi al-Qayim
  38. Faris Mohamed Dukhan
  39. Fawaz Abdul-Raheem al-Dhahir
  40. Qusai Hussain al-Rahmoon
  41. Qais Mohamed Dukhan
  42. Kamal Mohamed Saeed al-Abd al-Raheem
  43. Kinan Mohamed Rasheed al-Amoori
  44. Lotfi al-Nora
  45. Mothana al-Khateeb
  46. Mohamed al-Faris al-Awad
  47. Mohamed Hassan Ismail
  48. Mohamed Dukhan
  49. Mohamed Abdo al-Salih
  50. Mohamed Lotfi al-Qayim
  51. Mondhir Mohamed Saeed al-Haaj Hassan
  52. Mahraan Badi’ al-Obaid
  53. Nasr al-Barraad
  54. Hisham al-Hussain
  55. Haitham Abdul-Kareem al-Farhood