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Syria: In search of my missing sons
More than 181,000 people were forcibly disappeared or arbitrarily detained during the 14 years of Syria's civil war, according to the Syrian Network for Human Rights monitoring group. It says 90% were taken by the Assad regime.The families of the missing are now demanding answers and justice from the new Syrian government. Newshour spent the day with a mother of two sons who were 'disappeared' near the beginning of the civil war. Tim Franks accompanied Malak Aoude on her first visit back to the school where one of her sons was arrested in 2012.
This report was first broadcast in May 2025
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