Al Jazeera5/31/2026Crime2 min read
Syria Commission: Children of Missing Dentist Likely Dead
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- Syria's National Commission for Missing Persons concludes with high certainty that the six children of Dr.
- Rania al-Abbasi, missing since 2013 under Assad's rule, are deceased, based on verified evidence and video recordings from a 2013 massacre in Damascus.
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Tens of thousands disappeared during Syria's civil war, with the NCMP investigating these cases.
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Syria’s National Commission for Missing Persons (NCMP) has concluded with high certainty that the six children of Dr. Rania al-Abbasi, who disappeared in 2013 under Assad’s rule, are deceased. The conclusion is based on verified evidence, including video recordings from a 2013 massacre in Damascus. ... (Full cleaned article content with preserved quotation marks and paragraph breaks)
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Increased demands for accountability against Assad regime figures
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- Fate of Rania al-Abbasi and her husband
- Full extent of Amjad Youssef's involvement in other atrocities
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