(Project Syndicate) – In conflict zones, it is children who often bear the brunt of the violence. Last month, repeated air strikes on a school compound in Idlib, Syria, killed at least 22 children; and children in the besieged Syrian city of Aleppo have, for months, had no way to escape near-constant bombardments. As the New […]
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(Gulf News) – Evidence is mounting of a war crime allegedly perpetrated by joint Russian-Syrian military forces when a school in the rebel-held village of Idlib province was bombed on October 26, leaving dozens of pupils and teachers dead. The bombing may be the deadliest school bombing since the start of Syria’s civil war in 2011. Last […]
(Human Rights Watch) – The Russian-Syrian coalition committed war crimes during a month-long aerial bombing campaign of opposition-controlled territory in Aleppo in September and October 2016. The Violations Documentation Center, a Syrian civil monitoring organization, documented that the bombing campaign killed more than 440 civilians, including more than 90 children. Airstrikes often appeared to be recklessly indiscriminate, […]
(UNICEF) – “Thank you, Mr. President, distinguished members, ladies and Gentlemen. I am grateful for the opportunity to address the Security Council today on the plight of children in Syria. To say that the situation is tragic, Mr. President, would be an understatement. Indeed, it is difficult to imagine what words could still adequately convey the […]
(UN News Centre) – With thousands of civilians fleeing neighbourhoods in eastern Aleppo, senior United Nations officials today appealed to the Security Council and the wider international community to come together and “do everything in their power to protect civilians and enable aid access to the besieged parts of the [war-battered city] before it becomes one […]
(MSF) – Even as the bombs fall on east Aleppo, babies are being born in the besieged city. For their mothers, experiencing pregnancy and childbirth in such desperate conditions is extremely challenging, both physically and psychologically. The difficulties begin in early pregnancy. The siege has led to severe food shortages, and many pregnant women are undernourished, […]
(UN News Centre) – Citing preliminary reports that that up to 16,000 people have fled fighting in the eastern neighbourhoods of Syria’s Aleppo city over the past few days, the United Nations humanitarian chief today warned that thousands more will have no choice but to flee should the attacks spread and escalate over the coming days. “I […]
(UNICEF) – Aleppo is my home. I grew up and live in one of its neighborhoods – just 500 metres away from the front lines. And despite the ongoing war that rages around us, I had been spared the worst. As a former English teacher, I always enjoyed listening to schoolchildren’s stories. When I joined UNICEF […]
(Human Rights Watch) – How are children suffering in Aleppo? The atrocities during the last few months alone are almost too many to count. They are killed by Syrian-Russian airstrikes in East Aleppo. We occasionally glimpse the results, like the two young boys filmed in an East Aleppo suburb, grieving after the death of their brother […]
(UNICEF) – As violence continues to escalate across Syria, the number of children living under siege has doubled in less than one year. Nearly 500,000 children now live in 16 besieged areas across the country, almost completely cut off from sustained humanitarian aid and basic services. “For millions of human beings in Syria, life has become an […]
