(New York Times) – There’s probably no more heart-wrenching symbol of war than a child soldier. That little boy, standing on the side of the road and constantly shifting his heavy AK-47 from shoulder to shoulder, represents a society that has imploded. He is the offspring of state failure and intense conflict; the destruction of schools; […]

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(HRW) – Participants at a conference on Syria in Brussels on April 5, 2017, should address the reasons why more than half a million refugee children are still not in school, Human Rights Watch said today. Donors and host countries had pledged that all Syrian refugee children would be receiving a quality education by the end […]

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(New York Times) – Holding photographs of dead Syrian children after a suspected chemical bomb attack, the United States ambassador to the United Nations warned on Wednesday that her country might take unilateral action if the Security Council failed to respond to the latest atrocity in the Syria war. Facing her first serious Syria showdown at the […]

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(LA Times) – Dozens of people were killed and scores were wounded Tuesday in a suspected chemical weapons attack on rebel-held areas of northern Syria on Tuesday, activists and a monitoring group said. Some activists placed the death toll higher, from 70 to 100. Several reported that airstrikes had targeted clinics treating the wounded. Link

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