![]() Of these incidents, 89 per cent were related to conflict activities and indiscriminate attacks including aerial and artillery bombardment, armed clashes and explosions. ![]() War Child data substantiates this claim, highlighting that between 2015 and early August of this year, 1,874 incident have impacted children in northern Syria alone, resulting in 1,664 deaths. Right across the country, children are experiencing a sustained protection crisis. Many of those who remain live in squalid, overcrowded conditions and are routinely exposed to all forms of violence. Millions of Syrians have fled across borders, making them also the largest group of refugees globally. “We cannot allow this to happen - especially given that it is children that continue to pay the highest price.”ĭespite a lapse in international media coverage, the 11-year conflict remains one of the largest humanitarian crises in the world. In the front page headlines and in international aid efforts, Syria is fast becoming a forgotten conflict”, says Lukas van Trier, Country Director for War Child’s Syria Response. This might sound like a badly-scripted horror movie, but it’s actually an average month for hundreds of Syrian children and families. An unexpected airstrike descends on a village, obliterating buildings and taking seven civilians including four children with it… A booby-trapped motorcycle rolls into a refugee camp violently exploding and killing three children. Rockets land on a busy market killing at least 15 people, including five children. With aid options dwindling, and a lapse in media coverage, War Child Country Director, Lukas van Trier urges the international community “not to forget” the plight of families across the country. ![]() In recent months, an increase in violence across northern Syria is placing thousands of children in acute danger. ![]()
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