Tuesday, March 13, 2018

2017 deadliest for children in Syria as Security Council remains divided

With more than nine hundred children killed in Syria last year, 2017 was the deadliest year for children in the war-torn country, United Nations officials told the Geneva-based Human Rights Council on Tuesday. 


The grim assessment comes as the humanitarian situation remains dire and as divisions persist within the UN Security Council over implementing a ceasefire.


Our UN Correspondent Liling Tan reports from New York. 


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