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Interruption to key water station in the northeast of Syria puts 460,000 people at risk as efforts ramp up to prevent the spread of Coronavirus disease

Statement from UNICEF Representative in Syria, Fran Equiza

23/03/2020

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Almost 5 million children born into war in Syria, 1 million born as refugees in neighbouring countries

Over 9,000 children killed or injured in the conflict, according to verified data, with an average of one child killed every 10 hours since monitoring began

15/03/2020

Syria. Two children stand outside tents at an informal settlement close to the Syrian-Turkish border,

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Syria: Another year of crisis

Nine years of conflict have left millions of Syrian children bearing the brunt of the violence

13/03/2020

Executive Director Henrietta Fore meets with children

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Lifeline for Syria’s children must continue, UNICEF chief says at end of Gaziantep trip

07/03/2020

On 3 March 2020 in the Syrian Arab Republic, World Food Programme (WFP) Executive Director David Beasley (seated, centre) and UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta H. Fore (standing, second from right) visit with third grade children at Tal-Amara school in southern rural Idlib. The 9-year-old students have witnessed nothing but conflict, as they are the same age as the crisis. Many have not been able to enroll in formal education before. The school is the only elementary school in Tal-Amara village. With supp

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UNICEF, WFP chiefs wrap up two-day visit to Syria, see impact of conflict on children and families

UN officials call for cessation of hostilities and protection of children as conflict is about to enter its 10th year

05/03/2020

A child looks out at a bus near the Turkey-Greece border, at Pazarkule, in Edirne district in Turkey on 29 February 2020.

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Protecting children must be top priority, in latest refugee surge response

Statement attributable to Ms. Afshan Khan, UNICEF Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia and Special Coordinator for the Refugee and Migrant Response in Europe

03/03/2020

UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore briefs the United Nations Security Council on the situation for children in Syria

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UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore: Briefing to the Security Council on the situation for children in Syria

This is a summary of what was said by Henrietta Fore, UNICEF Executive Director – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's Security Council briefing at United Nations in New York

27/02/2020

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Children and teachers killed as schools and kindergartens attacked in Idlib

Statement by Ted Chaiban, UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa

26/02/2020

On 13 February 2020, boys stand together at an informal settlement in the Syrian Arab Republic near the Turkish border. The settlement houses around 500 displaced families from eastern Ghouta and rural Idlib and western rural Aleppo governorates.

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Over half a million children in northwest Syria forced to flee amid continued violence and harsh weather

77 children killed or injured in the fighting since the beginning of the year

18/02/2020

On 16 November 2019 in Idlib governate, Syrian Arab Republic, a child peeks out of a temporary shelter in an informal settlement in Killi, near the border with Turkey.

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More than 6,500 children forced to flee in northwest Syria every day for past week

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore

01/02/2020

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