More than 100,000 people, and according to some estimates nearly 200,000, are considered missing in Syria, Ammar Alesah, Deputy Chairman of Syria’s National Commission for Missing Persons (NCMP), said during a panel session of the 4th International Conference held within the framework of the Baku Dialogue on Missing Persons, APA reports.
He said that the exact number of missing persons in Syria has not yet been determined.
According to Ammar Alesah, in May 2025, the new Syrian government established for the first time a national body dealing with determining the fate of missing persons and protecting the rights of their families.
The deputy chairman noted that a number of people disappeared in Syria during the Bashar al-Assad regime, while others were detained. At the same time, there are Syrians who were abducted by ISIS or went missing as a result of military operations and migration.
He added that one of the commission’s main priorities is to create a national framework for bringing together information held by various institutions.
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