The Syrian war through a child's eye
The conflict is the worst of humanitarian disaster with about 7.5 million children currently in need of charitable help.
Nearly 14 million children have been affected in battle-torn Syria ever since the civil war began four years ago, according to the data by UNICEF.
In the war between forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad of Syria and those conflicting to his rule as well as jihadist militants from Islamic State, nearly 200,000 people have lost their lives.
About two million children have taken refuge in neighbouring countries of Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey and Egypt.
The brutal conflict in Syria is the worst of humanitarian disaster with about 7.5 million Syrian children currently in need of charitable help which is nearly 15 times the number in 2012 and nearly 2.6 million children no longer go to school.
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| Children react after what activists said was shelling by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad near the Syrian Arab Red Crescent center in the Douma neighborhood of Damascus. — Reuters |
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| A Syrian refugee boy from Idlib, who now lives in Jordan after his family fled the violence in Syria, sits in a baby walker in his family's tent at a tented settlement in Madaba city, near Amman. — Reuters |
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| A boy that fled Yarmouk camp, now living inside an abandoned school where they sought refuge, sits inside a makeshift classroom in the rebel held town of Yalda, south Damascus. — Reuters |
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| Residents inspect the damage from what activists said was due to shelling by warplanes loyal to Syria's president Bashar Al-Assad inside a vegetable market in the al-Maadi neighborhood of Aleppo.— Reuters |
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| Children walk beside a painted wall inside Jarmaq school in Yarmouk camp, April 14, 2015. The text on the wall reads in Arabic "It's my right to learn." — Reuters |
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| Residents fearing air strikes by the forces of Syria's President Bashar Al-Assad, flee Idlib city after rebel fighters took control of the area. — Reuters |
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| A man carries a child at a site hit by what activists say was a barrel bomb dropped by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, in al-Kalaseh neighborhood in Aleppo. — Reuters |
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| A woman carrying a child reacts at a damaged site after what activists said was shelling by forces loyal to Syria's president Bashar al-Assad on a mosque in Idlib city. — Reuters |
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| Children react after what activists said was shelling by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad near the Syrian Arab Red Crescent center in the Douma neighborhood of Damascus. — Reuters |
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| A picture lies amidst debris of collapsed buildings after what activists said was a barrel bomb dropped by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in the Al-Qatrgi neighbourhood of Aleppo.— Reuters |
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| An internally displaced girl stands at the entrance of her tent in Rihaniyya camp, near the Syrian-Turkish border in Jabal al-Turkman. — Reuters |
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| A family mourns the loss of their relatives to what activists say was a barrel bomb dropped by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, in Aleppo's al-Fardous district. — Reuters |
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| Children that fled Yarmouk camp, now living inside an abandoned school where they seeked refuge, stand beside hanged clothing in the rebel held town of Yalda, south Damascus. — Reuters |
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| A boy carries bags of cotton candy for sale as he stands along a street in Maaret al-Naaman town in Idlib province. — Reuters |
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| Girls who survived what activists said was a ground-to-ground missile attack by forces of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, hold hands at Aleppo's Bab al-Hadeed district. — Reutersl |
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| Girls who survived what activists said was a ground-to-ground missile attack by forces of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, hold hands at Aleppo's Bab al-Hadeed district. — Reuters |
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| Local resident Israa holds her sister Boutol as they make their way through rubble of damaged buildings in the Douma neighborhood of Damascus. — Reuters |
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May 07, 2015 05:16pm
Whole of Muslim world is sleeping.
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May 07, 2015 05:24pm
Heart Breaking.
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May 07, 2015 05:49pm
Are all damages are done by forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad? very bad. Photos are really heart wrenching, but it looks like more a propaganda rather than honest opinion about the real issue. Did the Arab Spring really help any of the countries, is the big question here. We have pictures how miserable the lives are in Arab Spring Regime changed Nations. Is Region change not needed Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Brunei, UAE? Looks like it's more than Regime Change or Democracy. Wise men in the region need to stop external interference or Better change for good for the people of the region
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May 07, 2015 06:22pm
GOD WILL PUNISH US ALL....
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May 07, 2015 06:35pm
Original Airyans.
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May 07, 2015 06:53pm
Barring Tunisia, from where the Arab spring originated, it hasn’t really helped anyone in any of the countries; Egypt, Libya, Syria, Sudan and Yemen (a different case though). Jordanians probably learned a lesson and the spring never took off.
The pictures present one side of the story i.e. shelling by the Regime (as they refer to it here in Damascus). The stats in first paragraph of the article are painful and heartbreaking, but both sides are equally responsible for the damage caused in Syria. Life here in Damascus is very normal, except for the security checkpoints every step of the way. At least the regime is providing equal protection to all sects and religions, which is not the case on the other side. The point is, please don’t jump to conclusions. Middle East is much more complex than you think it is.
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May 07, 2015 08:05pm
We can only blame the Arabs and particularly Saudis for all the Middle East turmoil. Saudis want to maintain their control of the oil even if millions and millions of Arabs are killed in the process. Millions of lost lives does not matter them at all.
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May 07, 2015 11:27pm
Really feel bad .. to see innocents sufferings.
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May 07, 2015 11:57pm
why still the question , who is responsible? Does it matter? only solution is introspection? denial will help no one...
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May 08, 2015 01:04am
It say a lot about the powerful and the powerless of the Middle East. Why so much barbarism for what purpose?
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May 08, 2015 01:24am
A whole generation lost :(
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May 08, 2015 04:51am
who is responsible for this?
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May 08, 2015 07:27am
so bashar asad is thinking like his father Syria is tr domain.by killing too many innocents you cant be the ruler for ever.
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May 08, 2015 09:45am
@khalid syed We all are responsible for this...
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May 08, 2015 11:37am
@Shreevatsa I buy that 100%
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May 08, 2015 12:08pm
Pictures showing suffering of children in Syria are pathetic and mind boggling.Four long
years of civil war,accentuated by a lot of outside interference has caused so much destruction
and displacement,that may need decades of restoration.It is really shocking to me,as I have
seen poor,though peaceful Syria,visited Damascus,Aleppo[Hulub],Homes,Hama and Latakia
and found very loving and hospitable people.There was complete harmony among the people,
a big house accommodating Muslims and Christians and hardly any trace of sectarianism.
It is politico-religious turmoil that has brutally shattered Syria.God help them early.
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May 08, 2015 12:24pm
truly breathtaking!
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May 08, 2015 12:40pm
@Shreevatsa Midlle east people culture and mindset is such that they are not ready yet for democracy. All this superficial west inspired Arab spring and struggle for democracy has caused more harm rather helping Middle East. This external meddling has caused instability in Middle East and as usual poor common people are paying the price of this, so sad.
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May 08, 2015 02:04pm
Just can't stop my tears. These innocent children have nothing to do with the war but still they are paying the heavy price :( Shame to the MUSLIM world. They can buy everything like cars worth Millions, living in Gold studded Palaces, can built Taller Sky scrappers but this is the only thing which they can't do, really a SHAME???
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May 08, 2015 02:43pm
But these children don't anything why this is happening with them
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May 08, 2015 03:09pm
Its hurts me a lot,stop fighting brothers,be atheist at least we will get Peace of mind
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May 08, 2015 07:24pm
Heart breaking indeed ! :(
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