The UN children’s Fund (UNICEF) published a report according to which in 2016 the victims of the Syrian conflict were 652 of the child.
As stated in the document, 255 children were killed at the time when they were in school or near school. A large number of boys and girls died because of lack of access to medical care.
The researchers also cite data showing that in 2016, more than 850 children were attracted by the various factions involved in the Syrian conflict to participate in combat on the front lines as jailers, torturers and bombers.
“The depth of their suffering is unprecedented. Millions of children in Syria are under daily attack, their life is completely upside down,” — said the Director of UNICEF for Middle East and North Africa Gert Kappeler (Geert Cappelaere).
Earlier, on February 21, the Fund warned of the possible death by starvation of 1.4 million children in four countries: South Sudan, Nigeria, Somalia and Yemen. According to conclusions of experts, in Yemen suffer from malnutrition 462 thousands of children in Nigeria, their number reached 450 thousand. Because of the drought in Somalia on the brink of starvation was 185 thousand babies in a few months the number could increase to 270 thousand. As many children are starving in South Sudan.