2018, deadliest year for children in Syria’s eight-year war

Friday will mark the eighth anniversary of the start of the Syrian war ― and its deadly toll on kids has only climbed in recent years, per the United Nations children’s agency.

In 2018 an estimated 1,106 children were killed amid the fighting ― the most since the war started, the group said Monday in a press release. The number of children killed has risen since UNICEF started counting in 2014, jumping from over 600 killed in 2016 to more than 900 dead in 2017.

Last year was the deadliest ever for children caught in the Syrian conflict, according to UNICEF.

via Huffington Post

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