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Up to ‘a dozen children a day’ injured in Mosul, Save the Children told
November 11, 2016…Front-line medics in Mosul are treating up to a dozen children a day for serious injuries, with young children mutilated by blasts, shot and severely burned, Save the Children has learned.
Over a million children living under ISIS in Iraq have missed out on education: Save the Children
November 6, 2016…More than one million children who have been living under ISIS in Iraq have either been out of school or forced to learn from an ISIS curriculum, some for more than two years, warns Save the Children.
Critical Moment for Iraq's Children
Children must be given immediate safe passage out of Mosul to stop them being caught in the crossfire – Save the Children warns.
November 1, 2016…As Iraqi forces close in on IS-held Mosul, it is a critical moment to protect children and open safe routes to allow the 1.5 million civilians, including about 600,000 children, still trapped in the city to leave safely.
With civilians bracing for the anticipated escalation in violence, Save the Children warns that safe passages must be…
Save the Children responds to deadly Syria school attack
In response to yesterday’s deadly attack on a school in Idlib and ongoing bombing of schools and hospitals in Syria, Nick Finney, Save the Children’s North-West Syria Country Director, said: “Save the Children is appalled by yesterday’s bombing of a school in Idlib, Syria, which reportedly killed 22 children. There is no excuse for bombing a school or other civilian infrastructure like hospitals, which should be known to the warring parties, and yet we see it happening time and again in Syria.
Children in Calais still sleeping rough as fires burn in the Jungle
October 27, 2016…Dozens of children were forced to sleep outside last night after being denied a safe place in Calais. The situation for children in Calais after the demolition is the worst it’s ever been, Save the Children is warning. Vulnerable children slept under bridges, outside warehouses and in the Jungle camp itself, which has become an increasingly volatile environment.
Hundreds of children in Calais ‘Jungle’ still at risk as bulldozers move in
October 25, 2016…As bulldozers move in to demolish the Calais ‘Jungle’ camp, Save the Children is warning that hundreds of unaccompanied children still have not been able to register and have nowhere safe to stay. Staff on the ground say children need to be to be moved to a secure area immediately, as the situation is increasingly volatile and tense.
Banned cluster bombs killing and maiming children in Aleppo
October 21, 2016… Aid workers and medical professionals in East Aleppo are reporting the widespread use of cluster bombs in recent months, weapons that are banned under International Humanitarian Law. Despite ‘humanitarian pauses’ taking place in Aleppo today, concerns are mounting for the increased number of children already injured by explosive weaponry who may be too unwell to leave or untreatable in the existing medical facilities which have been battered in the recent bombardment.
Desperate families flee into war-torn Syria to escape Mosul fighting
Thousands of desperate Iraqis are fleeing to a filthy and overcrowded Syrian refugee camp in an effort to escape the Mosul offensive, according to Save the Children’s team on the ground in northeast Syria.
