Skip to main content
Live blog update| Syria War

Morning update

Good morning, Middle East Eye readers,

Here are the latest updates from Syria:

  • Stephen Rapp, the former US ambassador-at-large for war crimes, said on Tuesday that evidence from mass grave sites in Syria has exposed a state-run "machinery of death" under the toppled leader Bashar al-Assad. He estimated that more than 100,000 people were tortured and murdered since 2013.

  • A UN envoy has warned that Syria's war "has not ended yet" as rebels stepped up contacts with governments that previously deemed ousted President Bashar al-Assad a pariah. The envoy said he was seriously concerned after reports of military escalation.

  • Turkish rescue workers have ended their search for survivors in Syria's notorious Sednaya prison, their leader said on Tuesday, after no detainees were found in hidden cells.