DAMASCUS: Syria’s commission for missing persons said Saturday that the children of dentist Rania Al-Abbasi, who disappeared with their parents more than a decade ago under former president Bashar Assad, were likely dead. The fate of the children, unknown for years, became a symbol for the plight of other missing children of detainees and those forcibly disappeared during Assad’s rule, which ended with his ouster in 2024.

DAMASCUS: Syria’s commission for missing persons said Saturday that the children of dentist Rania Al-Abbasi, who disappeared with their parents more than a decade ago under former…

Syrian commission confirms deaths of Rania al-Abbasi's six children, missing since 2013 under Bashar al-Assad's rule.

Preliminary findings implicate ex-intelligence officer Amjad Youssef in deaths of the children missing since 2013

Missing persons unit says children of Rania Al Abbasi are dead, with Assad spymaster Amjad Youssef a suspect

The family of Rania Al-Abbasi and Syrian authorities say that investigations have unveiled that her six children, who were detained along with Rania and her husband in 2013 by…