Syrian Kurds designate graves for those who die abroad
To prevent the spread of the coronavirus, the Kurdish-led autonomous administration in Syria is burying any residents who die abroad in designated graves near border crossings.
AL-MALIKIYAH, Syria — The Kurdish Red Crescent (KRC) recently received the body of a woman to bury at a designated site in Gerbalat, Syria, that has been established for those who die abroad, regardless of the cause of death.
The woman, 65, had lived near Qamishli in northeast Hasakah, but died in Germany. Hussein Hussein, her brother, told Al-Monitor by phone, “My sister didn't die because of the coronavirus, but because she had high blood pressure and suffered from diabetes. We will move [her] body to the family’s cemetery in Girbawi once the lockdown is over."
