(NewStatesman) – Every morning, afternoon and night, Bassam Hayek obsessively checks WhatsApp. He’s flicking through it as we speak, and when he speaks, images of horror, of conflict brutality and domestic abuse he’s receiving through the messaging service run across his mind, forcing him to pause while he filters what he should say aloud. Link
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(Huffington Post) – Nearly 745,000 men, women and children in Syria are trapped inside the war-torn country’s 33 besieged communities, living in desolate conditions at the mercy of President Bashar Assad’s authoritarian regime and its armed opponents. The latest Siege Watch report, released Thursday by The Syria Institute and PAX, reveals that a population larger than all of […]
(Huffington Post) – When we got to Nashabieh town in East Ghouta, we were faced with one of the worst health and nutrition situations I’ve seen in Syria. The long siege has devastated people who were already poor and vulnerable. There is a shortage of health and nutrition services and only small quantities of food. People […]
(UN Women) – Sexual violence against women and girls in conflict-affected countries[1] is being used as a tactic of war, with devastating consequences for women across the globe. This form of violence is the weapon of choice for armed actors looking to destabilize societies, given its ability to traumatize individuals, generate stigmatization, and fragment family and […]
(NRC) – Mariam* rarely leaves her house, and never ventures out alone. Her fear of going out without the company of her parents or older brothers has forced her to quick school. Mariam lives in a crowded neighbourhood in the Al Badawi area of Tripoli. She and her family fled to Lebanon in 2012 to escape […]
(UNICEF) – Continuing violence across East Ghouta, some 10km outside the Syrian capital, Damascus, has reportedly led to the closure of most schools in the area over the past month and stranded scores of children in need of medical evacuation. One hundred and thirty-seven children, aged 7-months to 17-years require immediate medical evacuation for conditions ranging […]
(Huffington Post) – Fleeing the horrors of war, thousands of Syrian children have lost their innocence to violence, sexual abuse, grief and pain. So, when they reach a place safe from the threats of conflict, the battle for their mental health is often just beginning. Link
(Huffington Post) – Every child deserves an education without fear of violence or attack. Every school should be a safe place for children to learn, play and fulfil their potential. But every year millions of children and young people have their education disrupted – by conflicts, direct attacks on schools, military occupation of schools, abuse and […]
(UN News Centre) – The United Nations advisor for Syria said Thursday that obstacles stopping humanitarians from delivering aid and carrying out medical evacuations in besieged parts of the war-ravaged country are not being lifted, and “children are dying” as a result. “We need help from the parties on the ground, by the Government, by all […]
(Huffington Post) – Barely a mile from Jordan’s border with Syria, inside a grubby 15sq metre tent, a flurry of hands dart into the air. They belong to refugee children, all desperately keen to answer their teacher’s question: What comes after ‘today’ in English? Link
