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Idlib, Syria: Casualties as ten schools hit in one day during intense shelling
At least ten civilians killed, including one child
Highest number of schools attacked in single day in Idlib since at least start of 2019
Syria: Children dying in freezing conditions in camps as more than a quarter of Idlib displaced
As many as seven children – including one baby only seven months old – have died from freezing temperatures and horrific living conditions in camps, Save the Children’s partners in Idlib, Hurras Network, have confirmed.
Statement of Concern – Situation in northwest Syria
Statement of Concern – Situation in northwest Syria
Children in conflict at highest risk of violence since records began
New analysis also reveals how conflict affects girls and boys differently:
Over 55,000 grave crimes committed against children in African conflict zones in five years alone
There have been more than 55,882 grave violations against children in conflict affected areas in Africa between 2014 and 2018 according to new analysis by Save the Children [1]. This includes children being killed, maimed or sexually assaulted - despite commitments by African leaders to end all wars on the continent by 2020.
Hundreds of thousands in northwest Syria caught in humanitarian catastrophe, aid agencies warn
As hostilities continue to escalate in northwest Syria, eight aid agencies are today making an urgent call for an immediate ceasefire as they warn that hundreds of thousands of people – the majority of them women and children – fleeing the unrelenting violence are caught in a humanitarian catastrophe.
Fears grow for Palestinian children enduring new wave of instability following Middle East ‘Peace Proposal’
Since the proposal was announced, protests and clashes have erupted across the occupied Palestinian territory and the region, with some parents in West Bank and Gaza choosing not to send their children to school for fear of violence. More than forty people have reportedly sustained injuries, mostly from tear gas inhalation. We deplore any acts of violence emboldened by, or in reaction to, the plan or any party’s response to it.
Save the Children expresses deep concern for the Middle East…
