US EditionFamilies of Syrians who disappeared during its civil war say the search must go on
- On Friday, March 14, 2025, family members of disappeared Syrians gathered in Damascus to protest and call on the interim government to continue searching for their loved ones, many of whom disappeared during the 14-year Syrian civil war.
- The Syrian conflict, which began with the 2011 Arab Spring uprisings against dictators and led to a civil war, resulted in the detention of numerous Syrians by Bashar Assad's intelligence agencies, opposition fighters, and the extremist Islamic State group.
- The United Nations estimated over 130,000 Syrians had disappeared by 2021, while The Syrian Campaign reports that approximately 112,000 are still missing.
- Wafa Mustafa, who held a placard of her father Ali, detained in 2013 by Assad's forces and from whom she hasn't heard since, fled to Germany fearing detention herself, and has returned twice since Assad's ouster in April by rebels led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham.
- A United Nations-backed commission urged the interim government led by Ahmad Al-Sharaa to preserve evidence, document findings from prisons, and pursue perpetrators related to the search for the disappeared, which also includes some foreign nationals like American journalist Austin Tice.
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Families of Syrians who disappeared during its civil war say search must go on
Family members of Syrians who disappeared in the country's 14-year civil war gathered in the city of Daraa on Sunday to urge the newly installed interim government to not give up on efforts to find them. The United Nations in 2021 estimated that over 130,000 Syrians were taken away and…
Families of Syria’s disappeared call on govt to continue search
Family members of Syrians who disappeared in the 14-year civil war on Sunday gathered in the city of Daraa and called on the interim government to not give up on efforts to find them. The United Nations in 2021 estimated that over 130,000 Syrians were taken away and disappeared, many of them detained by Bashar Assad's network of intelligence agencies as well as by opposition fighters and the extremist Islamic State group. Advocacy group The Syri…
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Families of Syrians who disappeared during its civil war say the search must go on
Family members of Syrians who disappeared in the 14-year civil war have called on the newly installed interim government to not give up on efforts to find them.
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