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Syrians Want Justice for Assad-Era Killings and Torture

Hundreds of thousands were killed and tortured. But prosecuting everyone involved in atrocities could be impractical and risk renewed civil strife.

© Emile Ducke for The New York Times

In the Tadamon neighborhood of Damascus, residents hoped the new government would collect the bones and exhume the bodies buried in mass graves underfoot.
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