The forgotten children of Syria

As the conflict in Syria enters its eleventh year, the Syrian crisis continues to have a huge impact on children inside Syria, across the region and beyond. Every Syrian child has been impacted by the violence, displacement, severed family ties and lack of access to vital services caused by .massive physical devastation The Syrian crisis remains first and foremost a protection crisis. Grave violations of children’s rights – recruitment, abductions, killing and maiming continue unabated. Nearly 6 million Syrian children have been born since the crisis began, growing up knowing nothing but war and displacement. Meanwhile, the economic crisis means a growing number of children are likely to be out of school as families struggle to cover education costs and may resort to harmful coping .mechanisms such as child labour and child marriage