Cold Winter Jeopardizes Hundreds of Thousands of Syrian Children

The U.N. Children’s Fund says it is stepping up assistance for hundreds of thousands of Syrian children at risk of illness and death due to bitterly cold weather. Harsh winter conditions in the Middle East have made life a misery for millions of people, and children suffering through Syria’s nearly four-year conflict are among the hardest hit. According to estimates by the U.N. Children’s Fund, at least 7 million internally displaced and refugee children are in desperate need of...

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