Families of Syria’s disappeared seek closure.

Syrians are still searching for answers a year after Bashar al-Assad’s regime fell, with between 120,000 and 300,000 people disappeared. Efforts to uncover the truth have been slow due to lack of resources and infrastructure, but collaboration with international organizations aims to build a national database for identifying and returning remains. The task is complex, requiring gathering existing data, testimonies, and coaxing information from former officials, all to be uploaded into a central database that is yet to be constructed.

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