Syrians mourn a former chess champion as her death is confirmed 13 years later
Federaţia Rusă
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Hundreds of people flocked to a tent in Damascus on Wednesday to mourn a former national chess champion who went missing 13 years ago along with her husband and six children, after their deaths in Syria’s civil wa r were finally confirmed. Surviving relatives of Rania al-Abbasi announced Sunday that they had seen evidence that the family had been killed by pro-government gunmen shortly after they were detained in 2013, and that they would set up a giant tent in the city
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