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When Assad’s security state collapsed, locked doors opened, spilling decades of secrets. Among them: 100s of stolen children, hidden in orphanages & used to blackmail parents. We’ve done the deepest dive yet into this cruel system. Here’s what we found 🧵 www.lighthousereports.com/investigatio...

lighthousereports.comSyria’s Stolen ChildrenUnder the Assad regime, hundreds of Syrian children were hidden in orphanages to extort their parents. Families still have few answers from the new government or the international charity that kept it...

In the Netherlands, @trouw.nl reports that from 2013 SOS Kinderdorpen raised €3.6m for SOS Syria, money that primarily came from charitable donations from the public. They suspended all funding for SOS Syria in response to revelations about the children. www.trouw.nl/buitenland/o...

trouw.nlOnder Assad werden honderden kinderen in weeshuizen geplaatst. ‘Mijn dochter noemde elke vrouw van mijn leeftijd mama’Onder het regime van Bashar al-Assad werden honderden kinderen, van wie de ouders waren gearresteerd, gedwongen in opvanghuizen geplaatst. Ook bij een bekende internationale ngo.

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