Search for the FBI, Qatar discovers remains of 30 people believing murdered by ISIS in Syria

The remains of 30 people who believe they were killed by the militant group of the Islamic State have been found in a remote Syrian city in a search directed by Qatar and FBI search teams, according to a Qatar statement on Monday.

Qatar’s internal security forces said the FBI had requested the search and that DNA tests are currently in progress to determine people’s identities. The Qatari agency did not say who is trying to find the American Intelligence and Security Agency. However, the Reuters news agency, citing two sources informed about the mission, said they were looking for the remains of US hostages killed by ISIS.

Dozens of foreigners, including help workers and journalists, were killed by ISIS militants who had controlled great stripes of Syria and Iraq for half a decade and declared a so -called caliphate. The militant group lost most of its territory at the end of 2017 and was declared defeated in 2019.

Since then, dozens of maleive tombs and tombs have been discovered in northern Syria that contains remains and bodies of people that ISIS had kidnapped over the years.

American journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloffas well as humanitarian workers Kayla Mueller and Peter Kassig They are among those killed by ISIS.

A Syrian source told Reuters that the initial search focused on finding the remains of Kassig, who was beheaded in 2014 in northern Syria.

“We thank all those who are involved in the effort to ensure that the remains of these deceased people are identified and returned to their countries of origin and their loved ones,” said the Kassig family in a statement to Reuters.

John Candliea British correspondent, was kidnapped with Foley in 2012, and was last seen alive in one of the propaganda videos of the extremist group in 2016.

The search took place in the city of Dabiq, near the northern border of Syria with Türkiye.

ISIS launched videos in 2014 and 2015 of the decapitations of Foley, Sotloff and Kassig. A similar video of two kidnapped Japanese humanitarian workers who were beheaded by extremists in a similar way was launched.

A masked man who was doing the murders and speaking in English in the videos was later identified as Mohammed Emwazi, a British citizen of Kuwaiti origin from London, known as “Jihadi John.” He was killed In November 2015 in an American and British drone strike.

Mass tombs have also been found in areas previously controlled by Syrian President Bashar Assad, who was expelled in a ray insurgency Last December, ending the half -century rule of your family. For years, the Assads used their notorious security and intelligence agencies to take energetic measures against dissidents, many who have disappeared.

American journalist Austin Tice, Kidnapped in 2012 in an area disputed in Syria Occidental, it is among the most prominent cases of the disappeared. It was last seen a video weeks later, showing that armed men took him captive. The US administration in December said that it is still believed to be alive, although Washington admitted at that time that it had no direct evidence of Tice’s well -being.

Washington had maintained for years that Tice was in the hands of the authorities now forming Syria.

In an interview with “News Mornings” in December, Tice’s parents said they had not seen video evidence that he is alive and they don’t know where he is.

“We have not seen … Video evidence from the initial video that came out shortly after they took it, but there has been a confirmation of the people who have had the view of it, and even recently,” Marc Tice said. “Then, again, we are sure that he is alive and we know he is ready to return home.”

The United Nations in 2021 estimated that more than 130,000 Syrians were removed and disappeared during the uprising that began in 2011 and descended to a 13 -year civil war.

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