Germany Gives $1M to Support Syria Missing Persons Efforts (opens original article in a new tab)

Germany pledged $1 million to support Syria's efforts to locate missing persons, in collaboration with the Syrian government and the Independent Institution on Missing Persons. The institution highlighted challenges in determining the exact number of missing persons and the complexity of the issue.

• Germany provides $1M to support Syria's missing persons efforts with Syrian government cooperation.
• Estimates of missing persons in Syria range from 130,000 to 300,000 with no official statistics.
• The search for missing persons involves multiple contexts and requires coordination with various sources of information.
• Syrian Foreign Ministry calls for sharing information and evidence to aid transitional justice and recovery efforts.