Assad's forces detained mothers and children and sent many of the youth to orphanages. Syrians whose children vanished during the war are now seeking information on their fate. NPR investigates.

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 ...

An NPR investigation has found that intelligence agents placed over 350 of these children in orphanages across Syria's capital, Damascus. The agents ordered the orphanages to keep the children secret.

An investigation by NPR suggests that by 2014, Syria's most notorious intelligence agency had decided to move the children of women they were detaining to at least four orphanages across Damascus.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...