NPR The missing children of Syria: Hidden in orphanages under Assad, where are they now? Assad's forces detained mothers and children and sent many of the youth to orphanages. Syrians whose children ...

DAMASCUS, Syria — In the fall of 2018, Syrian security forces dragged a mother and her 2-year-old daughter, Hiba, from their home and detained them. The mother, Sukayna Jebawi, says that they were ...

A bedroom in an orphanage that houses orphaned and abandoned children in the Syrian capital Damascus. These orphanages have faced the wrath of Syrians since the Assad regime was toppled in early ...

Directors of two orphanages said most of these children were Syrian but perhaps a dozen or so were Russian and French — likely children of foreign soldiers fighting for ISIS to oust Assad. The ...