The BBC investigation “Syria’s Stolen Children” reveals that during Syria’s civil war, thousands of children of detained parents were taken from their families and placed in orphanages — some run by SOS Children’s Villages International, a major global charity. The report finds evidence that SOS Syria, under the influence of the Assad regime and former first lady Asma al-Assad, accepted children whose identities were altered, blocked family contact, and in some cases returned children to Syrian intelligence. Despite SOS’s denials and promises of reform, many parents like Reem al-Kari are still searching for their missing children, trapped in a system of falsified records and institutional complicity.