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Syria's Missing Children

Syria's Missing Children

Up First from NPR
May 4, 2025 30 min
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In Syria during the 14-year civil war, many children were detained with their mothers. Then, security forces separated them. Thousands of these children have never been found.<br/><br/>Since the fall of the Assad regime, parents of disappeared children have continued to search for answers. In this episode of <em>The Sunday Story</em>, NPR correspondent Diaa Hadid investigates: what happened to the disappeared children of Syria?<br/><br/><em>This episode includes mentions of rape and torture.</em><br/><br/>See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.npr.org/about-npr/179878450/privacy-policy">NPR Privacy Policy</a>

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