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20 November 2018

GoBlue for World Chilrens Day 2018

With thanks to DFID - UK Department for International Development , UNICEF in #Syria is reaching over 25,000 children under the age of 14 in northern and southern rural Aleppo with winter clothes.

18 October 2018

UNICEF and WHO Protect children in Homs and Hama, Syria against polio

UNICEF, World Health Organization (WHO) and partners concluded a five-day immunization campaign, aiming to protect over 310,000 children under five years of age against polio, with thanks to a generous contribution by the UK Department of International Development (DFID), the Office of U.S Foreign Disaster Assista...

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The situation of children in Syria

Syria continues to face one of the most complex emergencies in the world. Unprecedented humanitarian needs are compounded by displacement inside the country and across its borders, extensive destruction of civilian and social services infrastructure, devastating impacts on the economy, and most importantly, the br...

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THE WAR ON CHILDREN IN SYRIA

Reports of mass casualties among children in Eastern Ghouta and Damascus, AMMAN, 20 February 2018- “No words will do justice to the children killed, their mothers, their fathers and their loved ones”[1]. “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ ." ENDs- [1] UNICEF is issuing this blank statement. We no longer have the words to descr...

In bloody month of January, dozens of children killed but their voices will never be silenced

AMMAN, 5 February 2018 – “In this dark month of January, conflicts and violence in the Middle East and North Africa have once again taken a devastating toll on children. They were killed in ongoing conflicts, suicide attacks, or frozen to death as they fled active warzones. “It is simply unacceptable that children...

IS THE WORLD BECOMING NUMB TO THE KILLING OF CHILDREN ?

DAMASCUS, 26 January, 2017 – “The grim tally of children killed in Syria in the past two weeks has increased daily as violence escalates in several areas across the country. “UNICEF received alarming reports of at least eleven children killed and many more injured in ongoing violence in Afrin district, north-wes...

A BLOODY START TO A NEW YEAR IN SYRIA

Over 30 children killed in the first two weeks of 2018, AMMAN/DAMASCUS, 14 January 2018 – “At a time when most parents are filled with the new year’s hope for their children’s future, mothers and fathers in Syria are left grieving for the children they have lost. “It is shocking that only in the first 14 days of t...