(MENAFN- Morocco World News) Twenty-five children were reportedly killed, on Saturday, in air strikes that hit heavily crowded areas in a town in eastern Syria, the United Nations children’s agency (UNICEF) said on Monday
Quoting reports from its local partners in Syria, the UNICEF said health workers were reported to have pulled bodies of children from under rubble in the town of al-Quria in Deir al-Zor province, which is mostly under Islamic State control. “Three attacks reportedly hit heavily crowded areas including a mosque during prayer time,” UNICEF said in a statement, adding that it “deplores these attacks and calls on all parties to the conflict to keep children out of harm''s way.'' With MAP Please follow and like us: