Edmund Bower
@edmundbower.bsky.social
Journalist based in Beirut, covering Egypt, Lebanon and beyond.
Bylines in The Times, The Guardian, AGBI and others.
www.edmundbower.com
Bylines in The Times, The Guardian, AGBI and others.
www.edmundbower.com
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Combining satellite imagery and on the ground reporting from Oliver Marsden and @edmundbower.bsky.social we reported on the horrific scale of mass graves in Syria following the fall of Assad 👇
www.thetimes.com/world/middle...
www.thetimes.com/world/middle...
Mass graves point to grim fate of 105,000 ‘disappeared’ Syrians
At one site about 50 kilometres northeast of the capital, local officials say that many thousands were buried in secret during Bashar al-Assad’s regime
www.thetimes.com
March 16, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Combining satellite imagery and on the ground reporting from Oliver Marsden and @edmundbower.bsky.social we reported on the horrific scale of mass graves in Syria following the fall of Assad 👇
www.thetimes.com/world/middle...
www.thetimes.com/world/middle...
Reposted by Edmund Bower
In Qutayfa, @edmundbower.bsky.social met a teacher Mohammad Abou al-Bahaa who witnessed soldiers unloading corpses into purpose-built trenches
He estimated at least 2,000 bodies are buried at this site, which became a Hezbollah base two years ago
He estimated at least 2,000 bodies are buried at this site, which became a Hezbollah base two years ago
December 14, 2024 at 11:42 AM
In Qutayfa, @edmundbower.bsky.social met a teacher Mohammad Abou al-Bahaa who witnessed soldiers unloading corpses into purpose-built trenches
He estimated at least 2,000 bodies are buried at this site, which became a Hezbollah base two years ago
He estimated at least 2,000 bodies are buried at this site, which became a Hezbollah base two years ago
Got me bang to rights there…
December 10, 2024 at 6:43 AM
Got me bang to rights there…
I should add that other friends have family currently living in Syria who are nervous about what comes next.
One family (Alawite) joined the congested roads from the Damascene suburbs last night to flee to Latakia after hearing “heavy gunfire” close to their neighbourhood.
One family (Alawite) joined the congested roads from the Damascene suburbs last night to flee to Latakia after hearing “heavy gunfire” close to their neighbourhood.
December 8, 2024 at 7:17 AM
I should add that other friends have family currently living in Syria who are nervous about what comes next.
One family (Alawite) joined the congested roads from the Damascene suburbs last night to flee to Latakia after hearing “heavy gunfire” close to their neighbourhood.
One family (Alawite) joined the congested roads from the Damascene suburbs last night to flee to Latakia after hearing “heavy gunfire” close to their neighbourhood.