Second family to seek DNA analysis of Jordanian man released from Sednaya

For 28 years, the family of Khaldoun Qubayah, a missing Jordanian, has lived in deep sorrow and uncertainty since he vanished in Syria in 1996.

Khaldoun had traveled to Syria to pursue his university studies when he was detained by Syrian security forces in Daraa. Since then, his family has had no word of him, according to his uncle, Jamal Qubayah.

Jamal recounted the family’s numerous attempts to locate Khaldoun in Syrian prisons, while the Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs sought unsuccessfully to engage with Syrian authorities, yielding no responses.

Recently, a photo of a man released from Sednaya prison in Syria sparked renewed hope in Khaldoun’s mother, who believed the individual might be Osama Al-Batainah, another Jordanian who has been missing in Syria for 38 years.

“I feel this is my son, despite his long absence,” she expressed, clinging to hope. This prompted the family to conduct a DNA test to see if the released man could be Khaldoun, who had been missing for nearly three decades.

Former Labor Minister Nidal Al-Batainah shared the DNA results of the man thought to be Osama Al-Batainah. The findings showed no match with Osama’s family, confirming that he was not the individual they had hoped for.

Despite this setback, the Qubayah family remains resolute, holding on to hope as they continue their search for any clues that might lead them to their beloved Khaldoun after so many years of absence.