I would cry out in my slumber: Women from Syria’s Alawite minority share stories of abduction and assault.

In November, the spokesperson for the interior ministry stated that it had looked into 42 suspected kidnappings, concluding that nearly all were “false” except for one. When the BBC reached out, they indicated there would be no additional remarks. Nonetheless, a source from the security sector informed the BBC that actual kidnappings had taken place, some involving individuals from the security service, who he claimed had been let go.