In Syria, the conflict has created not only a battlefield but a landscape of fear, where kidnapping has become an alarming reality. Among those most affected are Alawite women and girls, whose abductions have left families traumatized and communities in anguish.

According to joint research by the Syrian Coast Observatory, activist @rose91el, and activist Mirna, 72 Alawite women and girls were kidnapped, including 24 still missing. Many others remain unnamed for safety reasons.


Still Missing

• Nour Al-Huda Hossam Qassem – 24, mother of twins, disappeared January 30 in Latakia.
• Rawaa Yamen Ismail – 24, from Jableh, kidnapped March 27, 2025.
• Rwan Shaaban Rasoud – granddaughter of Sheikh Shaaban Al-Mansour, from Al-Ghab.
• Zeinab Nasr Diab – from Asila, Hama countryside.
• Dr. Rasha Nasser Al-Ali – from Homs.
• Lana Ahmad – 16, reportedly forced into marriage with an underage boy from Aleppo.
• Areej Mohammad Hassan – from Tartous.
• Bushra Yassin Mfarrej – from Jableh.
• Nour Al-Huda Khadr Ahmad – 16, from Tartous.
• Atab Salim Jadeed – from Tartous.
• Abeer Younes Suleiman – from Safita.
• Juhaina Shaaban Abdul Kareem – kidnapped since June.
• Selina Mahmoud Al-Naqri – under 13, daughter of Juhaina Abdul Kareem.
• Marah Faisal Al-Saleh – 25, from Homs.
• Ghram Suleiman Al-Essa – 30, from rural Hama.
• Zahra Firas Al-Zeiti – from rural Latakia.
• Yara Basem Rajab – 23, from Saqoubin, Latakia.
• Maram Raif Al-Ali – from Al-Mashrafah, Homs; 7 months pregnant.
• Bushra Mohammad Mathlej – from rural Masyaf.
• Marwa Ghazi Sobh – 31, from Deir Shmail, ransom requested.
• Rasha Kamel Mansour – 30, from rural Damascus.
• Areej Mohammad Hassan – from Tartous.
• Nour Al-Huda Hossam Qassem – from Latakia, mother of twins.

Returned

• Hala Rafi Salameh – from Homs, psychology student.
• Raneem Ahmad Zamzam – from Doueir Al-Sheikh Saad, returned March 1.
• Lana Mohoud – minor, from rural Tartous, returned wearing attire imposed by kidnappers; brother Hamza Hammoud still missing.
• Lubna Hammoud – minor, sister of Lana, returned wearing imposed attire.
• Dala Mohammad Mahmoud – from Tartous.
• Layal Dioub – from Banias, returned July 3.
• Reem Hassan – 17, returned after kidnapping from Hmeimim Airport.
• Aya Talal Al-Qassem – 23, from Tartous, reported rape, family confirmed calls with kidnappers.
• Noor Kamal Khadr – from Al-Mashrafah, Homs, returned with her daughters Naya and Masa.
• Hala Nours Ibrahim – from Latakia, returned with her child after ransom.
• Waroud Hassan Deeb – 25, from rural Tartous, returned after abuse.
• Aya Ayman Ismail – from Sheikh Badr, returned after university dorm kidnapping in Homs.
• Walaa Ayman Ismail – from Homs, returned after ransom.
• Ghazal Assef Hassoun – 17, from Latakia, returned after release in Damascus.
• Liza Mohammad Ibrahim – returned wearing imposed attire after mother appeared in a video.
• Atab Emad Daher – 33, from rural Jableh, returned.
• Samar Dawoud Ismail – from Dattour, Latakia, returned with signs of torture.
• Hadeel Mohammad Jadari – from Latakia, returned.
• Mother of Ali Talji – returned.
• Maria Wasim Hamira – 22, from Latakia, returned after release.
• Nadia Issa Radwan – from Safarqia, returned after collecting her retirement salary.
• Hiba Ali Abbas – 38, from Latakia, returned after ransom.
• Zeinab Ghadir Al-Dhikra – 17, from rural Tartous, returned after Western media coverage.
• Dala Mohammad Wanos – high school student from Tartous, returned after three weeks, conflicting story.
• Naama Mohammad Ibrahim – 34, from Khirbet Al-Ma’za, Tartous, returned after being thrown near Tartous garage, described abduction details.
• Manal Nasour – from Latakia, returned October 1.
• Reem Ghanem – from Latakia, returned April 30.
• Zeinab Bloul – from Homs, returned April 24.
• Basmalah Samer Ahmad – from Latakia, returned March 24.
• Rwan Issa Shaheen – 16, from Homs, returned in March after a month of abduction.
• Batoul Aref Hassan – from Safita, Tartous, returned in April after one month, following family appeals on Facebook.
• Lara Ali Al-Abbas – from Masyaf, returned March 22.
• Batoul Al-Youssef – 11, from Salhab, returned with sister Rama.
• Rama Al-Youssef – 19, from Salhab, returned.
• Sima Suleiman Hassno – 17, from Qardaha, returned in Damascus after a fabricated story by state media.
• Daren Abdul Rahman Suleiman – from Tartous, returned after May kidnapping, released after two months via video from kidnappers.
• Areen Abdul Rahman Suleiman – from Tartous, returned with sister Daren.
• Hiba Ayham Nasser – from Latakia, returned after February 4 kidnapping.
• Khuzama Nayef Al-Aboud – from Tartous, returned.
• Hadeel Yaqoub Khalil – from Tartous, returned.
• Noor Samer Asaad – from Damascus, returned.
• Hadeel Ayman Ajeeb – 19, from Latmeh village, Hama, returned.
• Mari Ali Hassan – 34, from Asila, Masyaf countryside, returned.
• Huda Mansour – from Homs, returned.
• Haya Salah Zreiea – 30, aunt of Noor Hassan Khalil, returned.
• Doaa Fouad Abbas – 29, from Salhab, returned.
• Rwan Mahfoud Asaad – returned one day after abduction, raped, confirmed by hospital.
• Noor Hassan Khalil – 17, from Masyaf, returned.

Each abduction leaves deep wounds , visible and invisible.
The pain does not end with release; it continues in the eyes of the victims, in families haunted by unanswered questions, and in a society too afraid to speak.

This report is not just data , it’s a reminder.
To tell their stories is to refuse their erasure.