Syria's Grinding War Takes Toll On Children
11 years, 5 months ago

Syria's Grinding War Takes Toll On Children

NPR  

Syria's Grinding War Takes Toll On Children Enlarge this image toggle caption Cassandra Nelson/Mercy Corps Cassandra Nelson/Mercy Corps Alexandra Chen, a specialist in childhood trauma, is on her way from the Lebanese capital, Beirut, to the southern town of Nabatiyeh, where she's running a workshop for teachers, child psychologists and sports coaches who are dealing with the Syrian children scarred by war in their homeland. "All of the children have experienced trauma to varying degree," explains Chen, who works for Mercy Corps and is training a dozen new hires for her aid group. Sponsor Message "They need to know enough to understand exactly what's going on in the brain of the children they are working with," Chen says of her trainees. Enlarge this image toggle caption Cassandra Nelson/Mercy Corps Cassandra Nelson/Mercy Corps "These children have seen terrible things, like bombings and people screaming and people dying, and they've smelled blood and smoke," Chen says as she opens the course.

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Protection for women and children in Syria: A path to inclusive recovery
2 months ago

Protection for women and children in Syria: A path to inclusive recovery

Hindustan Times  

The Syrian civil war, now in its second decade, has wreaked havoc on the lives of millions, leaving a trail of destruction that extends beyond physical infrastructure to deeply affect the social fabric of the nation. Fostering equal opportunity and protection for women and children can serve as a cornerstone of Syria’s recovery, paving the way for a more resilient, …

Childhood cancer patients in Lebanon must battle disease while under fire
4 months ago

Childhood cancer patients in Lebanon must battle disease while under fire

Associated Press  

BEIRUT — Carol Zeghayer gripped her IV as she hurried down the brightly lit hallway of Beirut’s children’s cancer center. The Children’s Cancer Center of Lebanon quickly identified each patient’s location to ensure treatments remained uninterrupted, sometimes facilitating them at hospitals closer to the families’ new locations, said Zeina El Chami, the center’s fundraising and events executive. “I know physicians, …

Children brought from Gaza to heal in Lebanon caught in another war
4 months, 1 week ago

Children brought from Gaza to heal in Lebanon caught in another war

The Hindu  

When Zarifa Nawfal’s family arrived in Beirut for her wounded daughter’s surgery, one of the first things she wanted to do was go to the sea. Ms. Nawfal’s 7-year-old daughter, Halima Abou Yassine, is one of a dozen severely wounded Palestinian children brought to Lebanon this year for treatment through a programme launched by a British-Palestinian surgeon, Dr. Ghassan Abu …

Children brought from Gaza to heal from war wounds become caught in another war, in Lebanon
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Children brought from Gaza to heal from war wounds become caught in another war, in Lebanon

Associated Press  

BEIRUT — When Zarifa Nawfal’s family arrived in Beirut for her wounded daughter’s surgery, one of the first things she wanted to do was go to the sea. Nawfal’s 7-year-old daughter, Halima Abou Yassine, is one of a dozen severely wounded Palestinian children brought to Lebanon this year for treatment through a program launched by a British-Palestinian surgeon, Dr. Ghassan …

Children brought from Gaza to heal from war wounds become caught in another war, in Lebanon
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Children brought from Gaza to heal from war wounds become caught in another war, in Lebanon

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Nawfal’s 7-year-old daughter, Halima Abou Yassine, is one of …

Traumatized by war, hundreds of Lebanon’s children struggle with wounds both physical and emotional
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Traumatized by war, hundreds of Lebanon’s children struggle with wounds both physical and emotional

Associated Press  

BEIRUT — Curled up in his father ’s lap, clinging to his chest, Hussein Mikdad cried his heart out. This is his worry: “It leaves us with a generation of physically wounded children, children who are psychologically and emotionally wounded.” ‘What do they want from us?’ At the American University of Beirut Medical Center, which is receiving limited cases of …

Traumatized by war, hundreds of Lebanon's children struggle with wounds both physical and emotional
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Traumatized by war, hundreds of Lebanon's children struggle with wounds both physical and emotional

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. ‘What do they want from us?’ At the American …

'I am afraid': Heartbreaking moment children in Lebanon open up about what it's like having bombs rain down around them
5 months ago

'I am afraid': Heartbreaking moment children in Lebanon open up about what it's like having bombs rain down around them

Daily Mail  

This is the heartbreaking moment children fleeing fighting in Lebanon described their terror as bombs rain down around them. Mohammad, 13, spoke of the 'intense fear and terror' he felt amid the strikes Smoke rises from an Israeli airstrike on Majdal Zoun village, in this view from the southern city of Tyre, south Lebanon, October 24 The armed conflict in …

Over 400,000 children in Lebanon have been displaced in three weeks by Middle East war, UN says
5 months, 1 week ago

Over 400,000 children in Lebanon have been displaced in three weeks by Middle East war, UN says

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy More than 400,000 children in …

‘Border clashes in Lebanon taking heavy toll on children’
10 months, 3 weeks ago

‘Border clashes in Lebanon taking heavy toll on children’

The Hindu  

UNICEF, the children’s agency of the UN, said on April 30 that conflict on Lebanon’s border between Hezbollah militant group and Israel was taking a heavy toll on children, with thousands out of school and healthcare “critically impacted”. “We are deeply alarmed by the situation of children and families who have been forced from their homes,” Edouard Beigbeder, the Lebanon …

Violence in Syria is on the rise while aid is flagging as the civil war enters its 14th year
1 year ago

Violence in Syria is on the rise while aid is flagging as the civil war enters its 14th year

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy For years, Syria’s civil war …

Violence in Syria is on the rise while aid is flagging as the civil war enters its 14th year
1 year ago

Violence in Syria is on the rise while aid is flagging as the civil war enters its 14th year

Associated Press  

AL-NAYRAB, Syria — For years, Syria’s civil war has been a largely frozen conflict, the country effectively carved up into areas controlled by the Damascus government of President Bashar Assad, various opposition groups and Syrian Kurdish forces. The protests — part of the Arab Spring popular uprisings that spread across much of the Middle East that year — were met …

The Syrians rebuilding their communities a year after devastating earthquakes: ‘A ray of hope’
1 year, 1 month ago

The Syrians rebuilding their communities a year after devastating earthquakes: ‘A ray of hope’

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. open image in gallery Yasser Abu Ammar says that …

Northwest Syria witnesses most intense military escalation in three years
1 year, 4 months ago

Northwest Syria witnesses most intense military escalation in three years

Al Jazeera  

More than 65 civilians have been killed in Idlib and nearby cities by government forces and Russia so far this month. Since the beginning of October, cities and towns in northwestern Syria have witnessed a military escalation by Syrian government forces and Russia, the most intense in nearly three years. The Syria Civil Defence, also known as the White Helmets, …

As conditions for Syrians worsen, aid organizations struggle to catch the world's attention again
1 year, 9 months ago

As conditions for Syrians worsen, aid organizations struggle to catch the world's attention again

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “We’re eating one meal a day.” Aid agencies will struggle to draw the world’s …

Syria orphans from quake taken in by overwhelmed relatives
2 years, 1 month ago

Syria orphans from quake taken in by overwhelmed relatives

Associated Press  

BEIRUT — A Syrian baby girl whose mother gave birth to her while trapped under the rubble of their home during this week’s devastating earthquake now has a name: Aya, Arabic for “a sign from God.” With her parents and all her siblings killed, her great-uncle will take her in. At one hospital in northwest Syria, a red-haired 7-year-old girl, …

Syria orphans from quake taken in by overwhelmed relatives
2 years, 1 month ago

Syria orphans from quake taken in by overwhelmed relatives

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A Syrian baby girl whose …

Group warns of rampant violence in Syria camp of IS families
2 years, 4 months ago

Group warns of rampant violence in Syria camp of IS families

Associated Press  

RAQQA, Syria — A sprawling camp in northeastern Syria housing tens of thousands of women and children linked to the Islamic State group is witnessing pervasive violence, exploitation and lawlessness, an international aids group said Monday. Doctors Without Borders also said that countries with citizens held in the detention center of al-Hol in Syria’s northeastern province of Hassakeh have failed …

For Syrians, a decade of displacement with no end in sight
4 years ago

For Syrians, a decade of displacement with no end in sight

The Independent  

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For Syrians, a decade of displacement with no end in sight
4 years ago

For Syrians, a decade of displacement with no end in sight

Associated Press  

BAR ELIAS, Lebanon — Mohammed Zakaria has lived in a plastic tent in eastern Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley for almost as long as war has raged in his native Syria. “We came on the assumption that we would come in and out,” said Zakaria, sitting outside his tent on a cold day recently as his children walked around in worn-out slippers. …

UNICEF: Syria’s war has killed and wounded 12,000 children
4 years ago

UNICEF: Syria’s war has killed and wounded 12,000 children

Associated Press  

BEIRUT — Syria’s 10-year-long civil war has killed or wounded almost 12,000 children and left millions out of school in what could have repercussions for years to come in the country, the U.N. children’s agency said Wednesday. “One in four children have signs of psychosocial distress,” said Ted Chaiban, UNICEF’s Mideast and North Africa director. “This cannot be just another …

Fire kills 3 children in Syrian camp housing IS families
4 years ago

Fire kills 3 children in Syrian camp housing IS families

Associated Press  

A fire in a camp housing families of members of the Islamic State group killed three children and injured 15 others in northeast Syria, the U.N. children’s agency, UNICEF, said Sunday. UNICEF called for the safe reintegration and repatriation of all children in al-Hol Camp and across the northeast of Syria following the fire the day before. “Children in al-Hol …

Syrian war being ‘forgotten and ignored’ after 10 years of deadly conflict
4 years, 1 month ago

Syrian war being ‘forgotten and ignored’ after 10 years of deadly conflict

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Syrian civil war is …

‘Unabated violation’: Report highlights Syria war’s child victims
5 years, 2 months ago

‘Unabated violation’: Report highlights Syria war’s child victims

Al Jazeera  

In Syria‘s civil war, girls as young as nine have been raped and forced into sexual slavery. “After eight years of conflict, children in Syria have experienced unabated violations of their rights: they continue to be killed, maimed, injured and orphaned, bearing the brunt of violence perpetrated by warring parties,” the report said. “Urgent efforts are required by the Syrian …

Syria war: At least 16 killed in ‘beyond sadistic’ missile attack on camp for displaced people
5 years, 4 months ago

Syria war: At least 16 killed in ‘beyond sadistic’ missile attack on camp for displaced people

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The regime fired at least two ground-to-ground missiles, which …

In photos: The precious objects bringing comfort to Syrian refugees
6 years ago

In photos: The precious objects bringing comfort to Syrian refugees

The Independent  

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. When the times comes, it will be the responsibility of Syrian children to rebuild their …

Gassed where they had hidden, Syrian families killed in minutes
6 years, 11 months ago

Gassed where they had hidden, Syrian families killed in minutes

CNN  

Warning: This story contains graphic images of dead and injured children. These shocking images, released on social media by anti-government activists, show the victims of an alleged chemical attack on innocent civilians hiding underground from conventional bombs in the besieged rebel-held Syrian town of Douma. These are the victims of a chemical attack.” The White Helmets rescue group said at …

7 years of war have taken a high toll on Syria’s children
7 years ago

7 years of war have taken a high toll on Syria’s children

Associated Press  

BEIRUT — After seven years of war in Syria, the United Nations has one thing to say: Stop the war on children. And in the first two months of 2018, more than 1,000 children have been killed or injured, according to the U.N. “The war is going on unabated with an incredible, unacceptably brutal impact upon children,” Geert Cappelaere, UNICEF’s …

East Ghouta: Our empathy hasn't stopped the bombs, so what can we do for the children of Syria?
7 years, 1 month ago

East Ghouta: Our empathy hasn't stopped the bombs, so what can we do for the children of Syria?

ABC  

If failure has a face it is the terrified children of East Ghouta. It is the father carrying his bloodied baby out of the swirling smoke and dust created by the latest Syrian government airstrike. The millions who have fled, those bombed in enclaves like East Ghouta, who suffered the unspeakable horrors of Islamic State occupation. It's not that Australians …

Syria civil war: Harrowing pictures of starving baby show horrors of the brutal conflict
7 years, 4 months ago

Syria civil war: Harrowing pictures of starving baby show horrors of the brutal conflict

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. While the bloodshed caused by international efforts to destroy …

Syria: At least 80 children among those slaughtered in suicide attack on refugee convoy outside Aleppo
7 years, 11 months ago

Syria: At least 80 children among those slaughtered in suicide attack on refugee convoy outside Aleppo

ABC  

At least 80 children were among the 126 killed in Saturday's suicide bomb attack on an evacuation convoy in Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says. Key points: At least 80 children died in the suicide bomb attack on a convoy carrying evacuees The dead were among thousands of people being evacuated as part of a deal between warring …

Searching for a light: Syrian children struggle with trauma
8 years ago

Searching for a light: Syrian children struggle with trauma

Al Jazeera  

As the war in Syria pushes into its seventh year, Syrian children are grappling with a growing mental health crisis as poor funding leaves trauma-related issues often unaddressed. The staff at Al Sham say that 40 percent of the children they work with – including Noor – are in desperate need of long-term, extensive mental health treatment. “We are failing …

Syrian conflict: ‘Toxic stress’ of war on children detailed in report
8 years ago

Syrian conflict: ‘Toxic stress’ of war on children detailed in report

CNN  

Story highlights At least 3 million Syrian children under 6 "know nothing but war," report says Official: Children "suffer acute psychological distress, even after they have left Syria" CNN — Syria’s children are overwhelmingly suffering “toxic stress” from the country’s brutal civil war, with possible long-term effects on their psychological and physical health, a report by a children’s welfare group …

Syrian conflict: ‘Toxic stress’ of war on children detailed in report
8 years ago

Syrian conflict: ‘Toxic stress’ of war on children detailed in report

CNN  

Story highlights At least 3 million Syrian children under 6 "know nothing but war," report says Official: Children "suffer acute psychological distress, even after they have left Syria" CNN — Syria’s children are overwhelmingly suffering “toxic stress” from the country’s brutal civil war, with possible long-term effects on their psychological and physical health, a report by a children’s welfare group …

27 Heartbreaking Photos of Syrian Children Affected by the Conflict
8 years, 6 months ago

27 Heartbreaking Photos of Syrian Children Affected by the Conflict

News 18  

A boy stands on rubble as people try to put out a fire after what activists said were airstrikes followed by shelling by forces loyal to Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad in the Douma neighborhood of Damascus, February 9, 2015. An injured boy reacts in a field hospital after what activists said were air strikes by forces loyal to Syria’s President …

Syrian war: Footage of dazed and bloodied five-year-old child in Aleppo shocks world
8 years, 7 months ago

Syrian war: Footage of dazed and bloodied five-year-old child in Aleppo shocks world

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The world has turned its …

Syria civil war: The picture which shows the suffering of the children of Aleppo
8 years, 7 months ago

Syria civil war: The picture which shows the suffering of the children of Aleppo

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Shared widely on social media, it displays five-year-old Omran …

Syria war: Children among civilians killed in new air strikes on hospital and market in Aleppo province
8 years, 7 months ago

Syria war: Children among civilians killed in new air strikes on hospital and market in Aleppo province

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Children and medical staff were …

Life among barrel bombs for Aleppo’s children
8 years, 7 months ago

Life among barrel bombs for Aleppo’s children

Al Jazeera  

The psychological trauma of being trapped in a war zone will last long after the conflict ends, doctors say. “I feel very exhausted.” Regardless of how many civilians manage to leave besieged Aleppo in the coming days or weeks, the psychological scars left on the city’s children will take much longer to heal, doctors say. “ kids who couldn’t be …

Syrian children ‘increasingly exploited’ for labour
9 years, 8 months ago

Syrian children ‘increasingly exploited’ for labour

Al Jazeera  

UNICEF and Save the Children say increasing child labour is creating a “lost generation” of Syrian children. Thursday’s report also showed that close to half of all Syrian refugee children in neighbouring Jordan were now the joint or sole family breadwinners in surveyed households. ‘Lost generation’ Children who work were more likely to drop out of school – adding to …

Truth about Syria's refugee children revealed
10 years, 7 months ago

Truth about Syria's refugee children revealed

Daily Mail  

'The siege was really difficult. We had to eat our cat': Girl, 8, whose mother was decapitated by a missile in front of her, tells of the horror of life in Homs Baraa, eight, was forced to eat her pet during the siege of Homs Baby brother killed and mother beheaded by a missile that fell during siege She appears …

Over five million kids affected by Syria conflict: Unicef
11 years ago

Over five million kids affected by Syria conflict: Unicef

India TV News  

Geneva : Some 5.5 million Syrian children fell victims to the three-year-old crisis in the war-torn country, the UN Children's Fund said Tuesday while releasing a new report on the prevailing situation in the country. Unicef also appealed for an immediate end to the violence and enhanced support for the affected.In the report titled -- Under Siege--the devastating impact on …

Syrian civil war creating refugee crisis in Lebanon
11 years, 3 months ago

Syrian civil war creating refugee crisis in Lebanon

ABC  

Imagine if 5 million refugees arrived suddenly in Australia. The influx of Syrians escaping civil war has increased Lebanon's population from 4 million to 5 million in the space of a few years. Their presence played a lethal role in Lebanon's own brutal civil war, which lasted 15 years and destroyed Beirut as Israel laid siege to Yasser Arafat and …

2 Million Syrians Are Now Refugees And More Are 'On The Way'
11 years, 6 months ago

2 Million Syrians Are Now Refugees And More Are 'On The Way'

NPR  

2 Million Syrians Are Now Refugees And More Are 'On The Way' Hide caption Syrian-Kurdish children sit on a bed at the Quru Gusik refugee camp in the Kurdish region of northern Iraq, on Aug. 22. Previous Next Umit Bektas/Reuters/Landov Hide caption A woman carries her child to escape from the burnt tents at Zattari Syrian refugee camp near Mafraq, …

A Glimpse Of Syria's 1 Million Child Refugees
11 years, 7 months ago

A Glimpse Of Syria's 1 Million Child Refugees

NPR  

A Glimpse Of Syria's 1 Million Child Refugees Hide caption Syrian-Kurdish children sit on a bed at the Quru Gusik refugee camp in the Kurdish region of northern Iraq, on Aug. 22. Previous Next Sharif Karim/Reuters/Landov Hide caption A Syrian family walks past a blast site in the town of Reyhanli, Turkey near the Syrian border on May 12. Previous …

Syria ER: Inside Syria's Medical Crisis (VIDEO)
11 years, 8 months ago

Syria ER: Inside Syria's Medical Crisis (VIDEO)

Huff Post  

As war rages in Syria, the country is facing a medical crisis: hospitals have closed, doctors have fled and there is a drastic shortage of medical supplies on the ground. Dr. Zaher Sahloul, President of the Syrian American Medical Society, and Dr. Aref Rifai, a vitreo-retinal surgeon based in Florida, both recently traveled to Syria to provide urgent medical care …

Syria wounded
12 years, 5 months ago

Syria wounded

India TV News  

Image Source : INDIATV 1/11 In this Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012 photo, a wounded Syrian man begs for help while lying on the floor of Dar El Shifa hospital in Aleppo, Syria. Image Source : INDIATV 4/11 On this Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012 photo, a Free Syrian Army fighter comforts a child wounded by Syrian Army artillery shelling, at Dar …

Syria's Children Are Victims Of 'Appalling' Violence, Report Says
12 years, 6 months ago

Syria's Children Are Victims Of 'Appalling' Violence, Report Says

NPR  

Syria's Children Are Victims Of 'Appalling' Violence, Report Says Enlarge this image toggle caption Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty Images Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty Images Unfortunately, this news is not a surprise: "As Syria's civil war has intensified, thousands of children have died in brutal attacks and many more have been injured, traumatized or forced to flee their homes," the international charity Save the Children …

Witness describes 'horrifying' Syria bloodshed
12 years, 7 months ago

Witness describes 'horrifying' Syria bloodshed

ABC  

A British woman who grew up in Australia before moving to Syria to study has described what it was like to be caught up in the bloody rebellion. "At one stage I felt this really strong smell of fertiliser and one of my friends turned to me and said, 'That's the smell of death'. "As the fighting became close to …

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