(28 Aug 2025)
SYRIA MISSING
SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Damascus, Syria – 19 June 2025
1. Woman crying in front of pictures of detained and missing people
2. People chanting UPSOUND (Arabic): "Hold them accountable"
3. Women holding up their phones showing pictures of relatives who have disappeared
4. Men holding up signs calling for people to be held accountable and for the bodies of their kids to be returned
5. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Fatima Saif, mother of detained man who later disappeared:
"They (ousted President Bashar Assad and his security network) should be tortured the same way they tortured and killed our sons. They’ve burned people’s hearts."
6. Protesters
7. Woman holding up pictures of relatives who’ve disappeared
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Damascus, Syria – 28 May 2025
8. Boy bringing voice recorder to his mom
9. Voice recorder playing recordings of Adnan Zeraei who was detained and then disappeared
10. Mom and son sitting in the living room
11. Woman holding picture of her husband, Adnan Zeraei
12. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Rahaf al-Kurdi, wife of detainee who disappeared:
"I still have hope until now. I still hear of families looking for missing people who emerged after going missing. No one knew where they were. I have a feeling that despite Dr. Mohammed telling us that he was executed. I have a feeling that he’s among the people who are still missing. And honestly, I would like to continue having this hope even if it’s an illusion."
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Damascus, Syria – 5 July 2025
13. Various of meeting of The National Commission for The Missing
14. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Zeina Shahla, media advisor to The National Commission for The Missing:
"Today, we’re talking about hundreds of thousands of missing persons in Syria. There may not be a specific number so far, but unfortunately that number keeps increasing because reporting is increasing. Many families did not report their missing loved ones due to political or security reasons. Now, more families are coming forward, so the numbers are rising. And as a result, the challenges are growing.”
15. Various of meeting
16. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Zeina Shahla, media advisor to The National Commission for The Missing:
"We’re talking about documents found in many prisons and various courts across Syria. Any of these documents could potentially serve as evidence of a person’s fate, showing when they were arrested or disappeared, and what their fate was. We’re talking about a massive search operation that unfortunately, will take years of work."
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Damascus, Syria – 23 May 2025
17. Various of art and visitors at "Creative Memory" exhibition about Syria’s missing people
18. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Sana Yazji, director of exhibition:
"We all know that the vast majority of detainees are now forcibly disappeared. We have no trace of them. Syrians are asking for proof regarding their loved ones. Where are they? What has become of this issue? They want transitional justice, and then they want full justice. They want to hear official statements, official steps from the government."
19. Various of art show
20. Visitors at exhibition
STORYLINE:
The families of missing people in Syria are still trying to keep their cause alive, seeking answers about the fate of their loved ones.
Some family members have held demonstrations in the country’s capital Damascus and elsewhere, calling for accountability and for more effort in ongoing searches.
Advocacy group The Syrian Campaign says some 112,000 are still missing to this day.
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