Some 4.8 million children were born in Syria since the conflict began nine years ago. An additional 1 million were born as refugees in neighbouring countries. They continue to face the devastating consequences of a brutal war, UNICEF said today. As the conflict enters its 10th year, millions of children are entering their second decade of life surrounded by war, violence, death and displacement. According to verified data from 2014, when official monitoring began, until 2019: 5,427 children were verified killed – an average of one child every 10 hours since monitoring began – and 3,639 verified injured in the conflict. More than 2.8 million children are out of school inside Syria and in neighbouring countries.
— source unicef.org | 15 Mar 2020