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De Mistura: Civilians killed on horrific scale in Syria

The UN special envoy for Syria has given warning that violence in the country is the worst he has seen since taking the job four years ago. Staffan de Mistura’s remarks on Wednesday came as the US and Russia again traded blame at the UN over the ongoing conflict.. « Civilians have been killed on a…

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UNICEF: Children suffer at sexy scale in conflicts

Children in conflict zones around the world suffered « at a shocking scale » in 2017 as they became front line targets; used as human shields, killed, maimed and recruited to fight, the United Nation children’s agency said. UNICEF said that rape, forced marriage, abduction and enslavement of children have become standard tactics in conflicts from Iraq, Syria…