Missing Syrian chess champion’s children likely dead, authorities say
Summary
Syria’s National Commission for Missing Persons says the children of dentist and former chess champion Rania al-Abbasi, who disappeared with their parents in 2013, are likely dead. The commission linked a former government figure to their deaths and continues searching for their remains.Key Facts
- Rania al-Abbasi, her husband, and six children disappeared in March 2013 during a government raid in Damascus.
- The children were between 3 and 15 years old when they went missing.
- The commission, created in 2025 by Syria’s new government, studied the case and concluded the children are deceased.
- The family saw video evidence connected to the killings of the children.
- The fate of Rania and her husband remains unknown, with suspicions they have also died but no bodies found.
- Tens of thousands of people have disappeared in Syria since 2011, often detained or lost due to the civil war.
- Syrian Interior Ministry linked Amjad Youssef, involved in a 2013 massacre, to the children’s killing.
- Youssef was arrested in April amid calls for justice related to his role in mass killings documented on video.
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