Sit-in by Lebanese families of the missing in front of the ESCWA office in Beirut, Jan. 29, 2010. (Credit: Hassan Assal / L’Orient-Le Jour. Illustration by Jaimee Lee Haddad / Archive photo, L’Orient-Le Jour)
The Syrian presidency announced on Saturday the creation of a national commission for the missing, more than five months after the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime and over a decade of war.
This commission will be tasked “with searching for and determining the fate of missing persons and victims of enforced disappearances, documenting the cases, creating a national database, and providing legal and humanitarian support to their families,” according to a statement.
The Syrian presidency announced on Saturday the creation of a national commission for the missing, more than five months after the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime and over a decade of war.This commission will be tasked “with searching for and determining the fate of missing persons and victims of enforced disappearances, documenting the cases, creating a national database, and providing legal and humanitarian support to their families,” according to a statement. Read also Lebanese missing in Syria: Families' stories of disillusionment
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