Chloe Hadjimatheou

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3,299 appearances 16 recordings 2 series first heard Feb 2025 last heard 27 Aug

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Careless | Tortoise Investigates · Asma’s orphanages | We call her Emma Ep5 · 4 Aug 2026 podcast

They sit around the living area, quietly watching TV or playing, and when they see us, they all get up and take it in turns to shake our hands. voice-verified

Salome, the mother who takes care of them, has been working here for more than two decades. voice-verified

She tells us about the children she was sent during the war and how they talked about being with their parents in prison and that some of the older ones were distressed at having their names changed. voice-verified

She remembers passing this information on so it could be included in the weekly reports that were sent to Asma. voice-verified

And she remembers Asma visiting often and telling them she was being regularly updated about what was going on in the orphanage. voice-verified

What I really want to see is the paperwork here. voice-verified

There are ring binders full of notes from the years that Asma was connected to this place, documents the new manager found here when he took over. voice-verified

The documents show children being brought to the orphanage by the intelligence services and they prove what the carers here have been telling us, that those intelligence officials were specifically ordering the orphanage to keep the presence of these children a secret. voice-verified

There was a directive there to the orphanage not to release the children to any family or anyone coming asking for them. voice-verified

I was a bit concerned about asthma's direct involvement with this place, but it sounded like... On the way back to Damascus in the taxi, we're still processing everything we've learnt. voice-verified

I was really scared that we'd got this wrong and that maybe asthma wasn't that involved, especially when you saw that it was run by the ministry on the door there. voice-verified

So it seems likely that she knew what was going on inside the orphanage. voice-verified

And if not, she should have done. voice-verified

So, how easy do you think it is for her to say, I didn't know what was going on in there? voice-verified

I know, but what I mean is how... voice-verified

How credible do you think that is for her to say, I had no idea what was going on in there? voice-verified

This is all a shock to me. voice-verified

I guess the only real smoking gun we have is the person who was interviewed who claims that they asked Asma directly about children being brought to an orphanage by intelligence officers. voice-verified

I'd heard about a woman who worked at one of these orphanages and a very candid meeting she says she had with Asma. voice-verified

I was part of a team of journalists all digging around the story of the orphanages, a collaboration between Syrian and international journalists led by a non-profit called Lighthouse Reports. voice-verified

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