No End in Sight to Seven Years of War in Syria: Children With Disabilities at Risk of Exclusion
March 12, 2018
March 12, 2018
NEW YORK, March 12 -- The U.S. Fund for UNICEF issued the following news release:
With no end in sight to the war in Syria, children with disabilities risk being excluded and forgotten.
The conflict in Syria continued unabated through 2017, killing the highest ever number of children - 50 percent more than in 2016. In the first two months of 2018 alone, 1,000 children were reportedly killed or injured in intensifying violence. Conflict is now the leading cause of death . . .
With no end in sight to the war in Syria, children with disabilities risk being excluded and forgotten.
The conflict in Syria continued unabated through 2017, killing the highest ever number of children - 50 percent more than in 2016. In the first two months of 2018 alone, 1,000 children were reportedly killed or injured in intensifying violence. Conflict is now the leading cause of death . . .