A US-based Syrian research team has identified mass graves where Islamic State may have buried its victims, including British and other western hostages it publicly murdered.
The claims, in a report on Isis prisons and based on court cases and interviews involving former Isis fighters, will bring renewed hope to families that the bodies of their loved ones may eventually be recovered.
The research team, from the the Syria Justice and Accountability Centre, tracked the cases in America against two of the so-called “Beatles”, the British jihadist gang that oversaw the detention of hostages. Alexanda Kotey, 38, and El Shafee Elsheikh, 34, are both serving life terms in the US.
