Geneva, Jan 14, 2025 (AFP) - Unexploded ordnance killing Syria's children at 'alarming rate': UN

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More than 100 children were killed or wounded in Syria last month alone after setting off mines and other unexploded ordnance littering the country after nearly 14 years of civil war, the UN said Tuesday. The United Nations children's agency UNICEF warned that Syria's girls and boys "continue to suffer the brutal impact of unexploded ordnance at an alarming rate". Such ordnance, dubbed UXOs, are explosive weapons such as bombs, shells, grenades,......

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