‘They’re gone’: Victims’ families in Syria demand truth, justice, closure

Thousands of Syrian families believe their missing loved ones were killed during the war and now seek truth and justice.

Damascus, Syria –  In May 2012, Maysa Awad hugged her family goodbye in Yarmouk, a bustling Palestinian refugee camp near Damascus.

Maysa was leaving her family home – many Syrians live in Yarmouk, too –  to go live with her husband Mohamed Jamaa in Damascus.

The 21-year-old was going to give birth to a baby boy in the coming weeks, so her youngest brother Amar and older sister Wafaa came along to support her.

They left behind their mother Nasra, father Ahmed and two younger brothers, 19-year-old Mohamed and 17-year-old Ahmed.

Nasra is the only one they ever saw again.