Assad's forces detained mothers and children and sent many of the youth to orphanages. Syrians whose children vanished during the war are now... The missing children of Syria: Hidden in orphanages ...

The incident reportedly occurred at a facility in Kenscoff, Haiti in the early hours of Sunday, Aug. 3 A raid on an orphanage in Haiti resulted in nine people being taken hostage, including a ...

Seven children seized from a Christian orphanage network in northern Nigeria more than six years ago remain in the custody of Kano State authorities after a meeting convened to finalize their return ...

As it tried to crush an uprising about a decade ago, the Assad regime ruling Syria faced a new problem - it had too many children in detention. An NPR investigation has found that intelligence agents ...

MARY, Turkmenistan -- Turkmenistan's state media often describe the country's orphanages as a safe and happy place that provides an idyllic childhood for its kids. But 27-year-old Mahym, who grew up ...

DAMASCUS, Syria — In the fall of 2018, Syrian security forces dragged a mother and her 2-year-old daughter, Hiba, from their home and detained them. The mother, Sukayna Jebawi, says that they were ...

Hani al-Farra shared these images of his son and daughter, who went missing with his pregnant wife and their third child at a Syrian regime checkpoint in 2013. Al-Farra searched for them for years to ...