Dia Hadid

And in Damascus, children were handed over to four orphanages and care centres. Intelligence agents ordered them to keep the children's existence a secret. The practice became so common that orphanage workers even had a name for these kids, security placement children.

And in Damascus, children were handed over to four orphanages and care centres. Intelligence agents ordered them to keep the children's existence a secret. The practice became so common that orphanage workers even had a name for these kids, security placement children.

Yeah, and just like they were handed over by intelligence agents, days, weeks, months, even years later, intelligence agents took the children back. Orphanage directors presumed the children were given back to their mothers once they were released from detention. And that did happen, like Heba Zbawi, who was returned to her mother, Skaina Zbawi.

Yeah, and just like they were handed over by intelligence agents, days, weeks, months, even years later, intelligence agents took the children back. Orphanage directors presumed the children were given back to their mothers once they were released from detention. And that did happen, like Heba Zbawi, who was returned to her mother, Skaina Zbawi.

Yeah, and just like they were handed over by intelligence agents, days, weeks, months, even years later, intelligence agents took the children back. Orphanage directors presumed the children were given back to their mothers once they were released from detention. And that did happen, like Heba Zbawi, who was returned to her mother, Skaina Zbawi.

First, Aisha, it's important to understand that an orphan in Muslim-majority countries like Syria is not a child who's lost their parents.

First, Aisha, it's important to understand that an orphan in Muslim-majority countries like Syria is not a child who's lost their parents.

First, Aisha, it's important to understand that an orphan in Muslim-majority countries like Syria is not a child who's lost their parents.

It's a child who's lost their father and often children are handed over to orphanages because the mother can no longer support them financially or because if she'd like to remarry, her new husband may not want to raise what conservative society sees as somebody else's kid.

It's a child who's lost their father and often children are handed over to orphanages because the mother can no longer support them financially or because if she'd like to remarry, her new husband may not want to raise what conservative society sees as somebody else's kid.

It's a child who's lost their father and often children are handed over to orphanages because the mother can no longer support them financially or because if she'd like to remarry, her new husband may not want to raise what conservative society sees as somebody else's kid.

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Yeah, the fates of these children of detained mothers first bubbled to the surface through the activism of one man, Hassan al-Abbasi. Al-Abbasi is a Canadian Syrian engineer who lives in Canada, and he's been searching for his sister, Rania al-Abbasi.

Yeah, the fates of these children of detained mothers first bubbled to the surface through the activism of one man, Hassan al-Abbasi. Al-Abbasi is a Canadian Syrian engineer who lives in Canada, and he's been searching for his sister, Rania al-Abbasi.

Yeah, the fates of these children of detained mothers first bubbled to the surface through the activism of one man, Hassan al-Abbasi. Al-Abbasi is a Canadian Syrian engineer who lives in Canada, and he's been searching for his sister, Rania al-Abbasi.

She was taken by Assad forces on March 11, 2013, alongside her husband and their six children, from Dima, the eldest at 14, to Leyan, who was two years old at the time. Aranya's relatives believe that her decision to give food to families displaced by fighting at the time made her a target. Aranya very quickly became one of the most prominent women held by the Assad regime and

She was taken by Assad forces on March 11, 2013, alongside her husband and their six children, from Dima, the eldest at 14, to Leyan, who was two years old at the time. Aranya's relatives believe that her decision to give food to families displaced by fighting at the time made her a target. Aranya very quickly became one of the most prominent women held by the Assad regime and

She was taken by Assad forces on March 11, 2013, alongside her husband and their six children, from Dima, the eldest at 14, to Leyan, who was two years old at the time. Aranya's relatives believe that her decision to give food to families displaced by fighting at the time made her a target. Aranya very quickly became one of the most prominent women held by the Assad regime and