Children in Syria

2016 was the worst year ever for children in Syria, reports UNICEF.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/12/world/middleeast/syria-united-nations-children.html

Thank you to Rick Gladstone for distilling and sending out this information.

• 652 children were killed by attacks.
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• 255 of the above number were killed while in or near their school.
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• 850 children were recruited to fight in the civil war in Syria.
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• More than 2 million Syrian  children are living as refugees.
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• 6 million children are now depending on UN humanitarian aid to survive.

Also:

465,000 people were killed in six years of fighting in Syria, reports Reuters.

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-casualties-idUSKBN16K1Q1

Pray for the next round of negotiations among the warring elements, beginning March 23 in Geneva.  

Pray that Bashar al-Assad will be deposed or step down.