Families of tens of thousands missing in Syria draw some hope from new UN push to find loved ones

IDLIB, Syria (AP) — In her small apartment in opposition-held Idlib in northwest Syria, Umm Mohammed is depressed and lethargic. But when her phone rings or someone knocks on the door she becomes suddenly alert. Maybe, finally, her husband has come back. In 2013, Syrian soldiers broke into the couple's home in Damascus as they were having breakfast, she said. She and her husband had previously taken part in anti-government protests. "They beat him up in front of my young daughter" and then took him away, said Umm Mohammed, or "mother of Mohammed," the name of her oldest son. She…