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Syria’s Child Soldiers: Armed Factions Are Sending Kids To The Front Lines

Displaced children play with toy guns in the make-shift camp of al-Bardaqli near Sarmada, northwest Syria.
Displaced children play with toy guns in the make-shift camp of al-Bardaqli near Sarmada, northwest Syria. Juma Mohammad/IMAGESLIVE/ZUMA

After more than a decade of war in Syria, where some 90% of the population now lives in poverty, children are working as fighters for the armed factions to help feed their families.

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In Jordan, A Safe Space For Refugee Fathers

Refugees taking part in a yoga class in Amman
Refugees taking part in a yoga class in Amman Collateral Repair Project via Twitter

A group in East Amman gives men from Syria and other conflict zones an opportunity to open up and talk through the many ways they struggle.

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‘Waiting for Death’ In Eastern Ghouta’s Underground Bunkers

Syrian children that live in underground to escape the threat of airstrikes and mortar attacks.
Syrian children that live in underground to escape the threat of airstrikes and mortar attacks. Anas Alkharbotli/ZUMA

As the Syrian government continues its offensive in the Damascus suburbs, civilians cower in underground shelters hoping for an end to their living hell.

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