The Syrian Civil Defense in Homs, central Syria, reported the discovery of three mass graves in the village of Al-Qabo in western Homs countryside, containing the remains of more than 20 people recovered so far, including human bones of women and children. Activists, human rights advocates, and local residents estimate that most of the remains found belong to missing persons from the area, including detainees in Assad regime prisons.

Among the discovered bodies, a Syrian Civil Defense official in Homs province reported finding "burned bodies" piled inside large bags in the mass graves.

Civil Defense teams are recovering the remains to sort, document, and number them for preservation, to be identified later. A Civil Defense official confirmed that the organization will strive to "identify the bodies found in the village.

According to media reports, some of the human bones among the discovered remains belong to young children and women. Local residents assert that they belong to families who disappeared at the previous regime's security checkpoints near the area.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that the Civil Defense managed to recover the remains of twenty people, while it is believed that the graves contain more bodies, belonging to individuals who were arrested or forcibly disappeared in previous periods.