Contact was lost with Marah Muhannad Darwish on the afternoon of Sunday, December 14, 2025, while she was heading to her grandfather’s house near Al-Wedad Pharmacy in the Al-Muhajirin neighborhood of the city of Homs, western Syria. As of the preparation of this report, there is no information about her whereabouts or fate.
Marah Muhannad Darwish is a 16-year-old minor belonging to the Alawite sect.
This incident occurs within a broader context marked by repeated abductions and violations targeting minorities in several areas of Syria, under the control of “Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham” in those regions.
