Almost 100 children have been killed, and 223 have been injured amid intense fighting that has gripped the Syrian city of Aleppo since Friday, according to UNICEF. The children of Aleppo are "trapped in a living nightmare," said Justin Forsyth, deputy executive director of the UN organization, in a statement on Wednesday. UNICEF says 96 children have been killed in Aleppo since Friday. Nine children were killed Tuesday during airstrikes on the rebel-held al-Shaar and al-Mashad neighbourhoods, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which monitors the conflict. Syrian government forces gather in the largely deserted Palestinian refugee camp of Handarat, north of Aleppo, on Sept. 24.

Source: CBC News September 28, 2016 16:07 UTC