The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has warned that there are fears of children among more than a thousand people who were killed in violent battles during the weekend in northwestern Syria.
Edward People, the UNICEF Regional Director in the Middle East, said that there was a six -month -old child among at least 13 children who were said to have been killed.
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“The escalation caused additional casualties and injuries among civilians, the displacement of thousands of families, as well as and damage to the vital infrastructure,” added People in a statement.
He called on all parties to give priority to reconciliation and commitment to a peaceful political transition, and to ensure the ability of Syria to survive and prosper and obtain their full potential, stressing that “Syrian children have suffered enough, they have the right to live in peace and hope for a better future.”
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For his part, Volker Turk, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, expressed his deep concern over recent violence.
In a statement today – Turk said: “These events, as well as the continuous rise in hate speech on the Internet and outside it, once again clarifies the urgent need for a comprehensive, comprehensive and comprehensive transitional justice process and focuses on truth, justice and accountability.”
Clashes erupted last Friday between the Syrian forces and militants, and according to large -scale eyewitnesses, a lot of murder occurred in the Alawite neighborhoods in the coastal governorates in Lattakia and Tartous, the traditional stronghold to support the former Syrian regime amid reports of looting and looting.
