UNICEF: 14 million children at risk in Syria, Iraq conflict
Thursday, 12 March 2015
UNICEF's representative in Damascus Hanaa Singer said, UNICEF staff would continue its activities in Syria despite the fact that the country had turned into one of the most dangerous place for international humanitarian workers.
The UN children's agency has warned the escalating conflict in Syria and Iraq has put more than14 million children across the region under risk of violence, poverty, trauma and exploitation.
UNICEF's representative in Damascus Hanaa Singer told a press conference in Berlin on Thursday that the suffering of children throughout Syria had dramatically worsened as the conflict entered its fifth year this month.
She said: "The number of children in need of humanitarian assistance is now 15 times more than they were in the year 2012."
"In Syria, there are 5.6 million children impacted by the conflict the majority of whom were displaced. Some children have been displaced several times."
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