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Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Women and children bear the brunt of the Syrian war

Syrian refugees play outside their parents’ tent at the Al Zaatri refugee camp in the Jordanian city of Mafraq, near the border with Syria, Feb. 25, 2013. (Reuters)
Syrian refugees play outside their parents’ tent at the Al Zaatri refugee camp in the Jordanian city of Mafraq, near the border with Syria, Feb. 25, 2013. (Reuters)


The War in Syria continues to claim hundreds of casualties daily for the second year in a row, and for those it does not kill, it affects them for life. Children and women especially, bear the brunt of the war as thousands of them are left orphans and widows.

According to The Syrian Human Rights Watch Network, an estimate of 40,000 Syrian children are fatherless and 4,237 are motherless as a result of daily airstrikes and gun battles across the country...............


FULL ARTICLE HERE: Women and children bear the brunt of the Syrian war

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