The Syrian Feminist Lobby released a 2025 report titled 'Abduction of Syrian Women: A War on Dignity,' documenting 82 abduction cases across the Syrian coast, western Hama countryside, and Homs. The report indicated that 90% of these cases involved women aged 15 to 40, and 10% involved girls.

Of the 82 cases documented, approximately 60% of the women abducted during sectarian attacks in the western Hama countryside and Homs had not been returned at the time of publication. Additionally, 190 women and girls disappeared after July attacks on the Druze community in Sweida; some were later located after communications were restored, while others remain missing.

The report details patterns among the abducted women. Many freed women reported experiencing extortion and violence during captivity. Women who escaped or were released described being drugged, held in dark rooms, and moved between various locations. In more than one instance, husbands received divorce papers believed to be issued under coercion, and at least one underage girl was forced into marriage.

Official responses included police reports that were not followed up on, and officials in some cases discouraged families from pursuing legal action. Families reported being told by officials that their daughters were 'immoral,' had 'left voluntarily,' or could not be controlled. In one case, a survivor was held for over five hours without medical or psychological care by General Security, while her father was detained for several hours before he could see her.

Other survivors were forced to give statements inside security facilities in the presence of individuals allegedly linked to their abductors, and some were threatened with solitary confinement if they refused. One survivor said, 'I lost trust in people. For many years, I was very enthusiastic. When we went down to demonstrations or gatherings, we felt a sense of belonging to Syrians and to Syria. Today I do not have that feeling.'

The report cites the rape of a young girl in front of her mother and the abduction of children as young as 11 months. Victims were allegedly forced to convert, marry captors, and adopt specific religious practices. Abductors reportedly identified themselves as a 'lifeline' while threatening the killing of 'infidel Nusayris.' One survivor described being subjected to sexual violence and held in solitary confinement for a week.

Multiple survivors reported being transported through checkpoints where security personnel appeared to interact familiarly with abductors. Several women also reported seeing abductors in military-style clothing resembling General Security uniforms or armed groups with red headbands. Ransom demands were made for some individuals but were rarely accompanied by proof of life or location details, and in one case, a family paid a ransom without their daughter being returned.

Families reported receiving messages to forget their missing daughters, alongside calls from international and local numbers threatening that continued searching would result in the women being returned deceased. One survivor reported that captors forced her to record a video claiming she had left voluntarily with a lover. She said a man referred to as 'the sheikh' supervised the recording and pressured her into accepting divorce and marriage to her abductor in exchange for release. Masked armed men reportedly forced abducted women to wear black niqabs before leaving them at the abduction site and threatening them to remain silent.

Many women in Homs described confining themselves to their homes and withdrawing from education due to fear of further violence. Some survivors heard multiple dialects and foreign-accented Arabic spoken by abductors. Some women also reported witnessing money being exchanged for transfers, which the lobby says indicates potential links to human trafficking.