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UNICEF Representative in Syria, Fran Equiza (center), speaks with Syrian children at the Mabrouka camp in Ein Issa, northern Syria. Photo: UNICEF MENA

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Syria: UNICEF Cites Conflict’s ‘Staggering’ Impact on Children; Calls for Urgent Protection

by Press on August 25, 2017

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Syrian war and children — UNICEF Representative in Syria, Fran Equiza (center), speaks with Syrian children at the Mabrouka camp in Ein Issa, northern Syria. Photo: UNICEF MENA

GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–25 August 2017 – Six and a half years of war in Syria has inflicted untold suffering on the country’s children, a senior United Nations official said today, urging parties to the conflict to stop the violence and live up to their legal obligations to children.