n the absence of safe spaces, children are turning to basement playgrounds. Tyler Hicks/The New York Times n the absence of safe spaces, children are turning to basement playgrounds. Tyler Hicks/The New York TimesAs nearly 500,000 children are living under siege amid escalating violence across Syria, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has called for lifting sieges and allowing immediate humanitarian access. The number of children living under siege has doubled in less than one year, Xinhua news agency quoted UNICEF as saying in a press release. “For millions of human beings in Syria, life has become an endless nightmare — in particular for the hundreds of thousands of children living under siege,” said UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake.

Source: Indian Express November 29, 2016 02:43 UTC