On Wednesday, members of the National Commission for Missing and Forcibly Disappeared Persons were sworn in before the President of the Republic, General Joseph Aoun, who reaffirmed that “the right to know the truth is a sacred right for every family.”
The president also called on all parties to cooperate and “break the wall of silence” to help uncover the fate of the missing, “no matter how painful the truth may be.”
The National Commission is tasked with addressing one of Lebanon’s most sensitive post-war issues, the fate of thousands of individuals who went missing or were forcibly disappeared during the 1975–1990 Lebanese civil war and its aftermath. The body is mandated to investigate cases, locate and identify remains, and maintain a national database for victims.
The renewed focus on the issue comes as Lebanon and Syria, during a two-hour meeting in Beirut on Tuesday, reached an agreement for Damascus to hand over all available information related to security incidents that occurred in Lebanon during the period of Syrian control, particularly concerning political assassinations.
The meeting, held between a Lebanese delegation led by Minister of Justice Adel Nassar and a Syrian delegation headed by Syrian Justice Minister Mazhar al-Weisi, also resulted in agreements to fully support the committee monitoring the issue of forcibly disappeared persons and to cooperate on locating and extraditing individuals who fled justice in Lebanon and are currently residing in Syria.
أعضاء الهيئة الوطنية للمفقودين والمخفيين قسراً أدّوا اليمين أمام رئيس الجمهورية الذي أكّد أنّ الحقّ في معرفة الحقيقة هو حقٌّ مقدّس لكلّ عائلة، ودعا الجميع إلى التعاون وكسر جدار الصمت للمساهمة في كشف هذه الحقيقة مهما كانت قاسية pic.twitter.com/dPm7xNDtly
— Lebanese Presidency (@LBpresidency) October 15, 2025
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