BALADI NEWS
At least 38 children have been killed and 46 were injured in shelling on North West Syria since the 1st of April, Save the Children said today.
Working with its partner in North West Syria, Hurras Network, Save the Children has learnt that 9 children died at school, 11 children died at home, 7 children died at the market, 2 children died in a camp and 1 child died in hospital.
Twelve of the 38 children have died in the most recent escalation in violence by Assad and his Russian ally, which began on April 26, and has displaced around 180,000 people, including 80,000 children.
More than 65% of schools in Hama have been forced to close, according to Save the Children’s partners in the area. The escalation in violence came during the final exams for the school year, stopping 250,000 students from finishing their exams. They will subsequently lose a full school year.
Thousands of families have fled from Northern Hama to villages and towns close to the Turkish border, taking refuge in fields and on the sides of the road as overcrowded camps populations quadrupled in some areas.
Airstrikes and shelling that have targeted parts of North West Syria have damaged 18 health facilities that serve more than 200,000 people and killed four health workers, according to the United Nations.
Source: Relief Web.