The media office of the National Commission for Missing Persons issued a decisive statement clarifying the case of the disappearance of Abdul Rahman Al-Yassin, Dr. Rania Al-Abbasi, and their children. The statement revealed details and the source of the video footage related to the Al-Tadamon massacre, providing new insights that corroborate previous media reports published by Zaman Al-Wasl newspaper.
Explicit Admission of the Number of Videos: 29, Not 26
According to the Commission's statement, it received 29 video clips stored on a USB drive in Brussels, Belgium, on May 12, 2026.
This material was delivered through an intermediary Syrian human rights organization, which in turn obtained it from two brothers who managed to extract it directly from the computer of the main suspect, Amjad Youssef, in Paris.
Zaman Al-Wasl raises the question: The videos were delivered a full year after the Commission's establishment on May 17, 2025. Why the delay?
This number (29 clips) represents an official and explicit acknowledgment supporting what Zaman al-Wasl previously published regarding the existence of a larger number of videos of the massacre. The organization also emphasized in its statement that responsibility and ownership are limited to the aforementioned parties only, refuting any claims by other entities or individuals.
A Call for Responsibility and Combating Hate Speech
In a related context, the organization issued an urgent appeal to the Syrian public and social media users to handle this issue with extreme sensitivity and moral and national responsibility. The organization expressed its deep concern about the escalating manifestations of hate speech, accusations of treason, and incitement that have accompanied the recent discussion of the issue, stressing:
• The necessity of preserving social peace and human values.
• Avoiding the dissemination of unverified information or the circulation of content that infringes upon the dignity of the victims and the feelings of their families.
• Upholding the families' right to know the truth objectively and free from manipulation and defamation.
A Humanitarian Proposal: Photographing Faces to Preserve Dignity and Expedite Identification
Given the extreme sensitivity surrounding the graphic content of the videos, a pressing human rights and humanitarian proposal calls upon the relevant authorities to take a technical step that protects the dignity of the victims and respects the feelings of their families.
The proposal involves extracting and photographing only the victims' faces (facial features) from the 29 videos, preserving clear, still images of the faces, separate from the scenes of killing or torture. These images would then be shown to the families of the missing and the victims in a safe and private setting, ensuring:
1. A faster and more accurate identification process for the missing, providing families with definitive answers.
2. Preservation of the victims' human dignity and preventing the leaking or public circulation of the shocking footage.
3. Prevention of emotional blackmail or the political exploitation of the case on public platforms.
Zaman Al Wasl
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