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 ...

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 ...

Ara Marguerite Starner was just 2 years old when she entered the Children’s Home of York in 1929. Her mom was in bad health and worked but did not bring home enough to support her family. It was, ...

Operatives of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons rescued no fewer than 26 trafficked children ...

We spoke to the Conley family, who said they discovered firsthand the profound impact of fostering when they welcomed their ...

Christopher, who lives at Asaba, Delta, is standing trial alongside two others: Hauwa Abubakar and Nkechi Odlyne, on four ...

Operatives of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons rescued no fewer than 26 trafficked children at an orphanage home in Benue State and arrested four orphanage operators ...

Orphanage directors said they had no choice but to hide the children, who were handed over by a notoriously violent arm of the Assad regime: the Air Force Intelligence Directorate. "They would have ...