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Thousands of Syrian children were forcibly taken from their parents under the rule of deposed dictator Bashar al-Assad [Getty]
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A Syrian committee says it has identified 314 children forcibly taken by the Assad regime from their detained parents, with thousands more still missing

The New Arab Staff
07 January, 2026
Lebanese soldiers inspect the beach at a landing site for a naval commando force which abducted a Lebanese mariner according to a military source, in the northern coastal town of Batroun on November 2, 2024. (Photo by IBRAHIM CHALHOUB/AFP via Getty)
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Men in military uniform inspect a site as civilians stand nearby
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The commandos landed near the beach and abducted the man from a chalet in Batroun
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