STATEMENT: Syria conflict 10 years on: 90 per cent children need support as violence, economic crisis and COVID-19 impact

Almost 12,000 children killed or injured in the past decade, according to verified data – an average of more than three children a day AMMAN/NEW YORK, 10 March 2021 – The war in Syria has left the lives and futures of a generation of children hanging by a thread, UNICEF warned today, as the conflict nears … Continued

1 in 3 Syrian children have grown up knowing only crisis

Dublin, 14 March 2016 – An estimated 3.7 million Syrian children – 1 in 3 of all Syrian children – have been born since the conflict began five years ago, their lives shaped by violence, fear and displacement, according to a UNICEF report on Syria. This figure includes 306,000 children born as refugees since 2011. … Continued

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