UN: Syrian Refugee Children in Lebanon Face Death by Starvation

International aid groups say that hundreds of Syrian children who have fled the war in their country are facing death by starvation at refugee camps in Lebanon. The U.N. children's agency UNICEF and other agencies said Tuesday that about 10,000 Syrian children under the age of five living in Lebanon are suffering from acute malnutrition, with 1,800 of them at risk of dying and requiring immediate help to survive. UNICEF's representative in Lebanon, Annamaria Laurini, called...

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