It’s devastating that I’m writing this piece, marking the 6th anniversary of the start of the war in Syria. It’s now been raging for as long as World War II and seen savage fighting conducted without mercy. For me the most heart-breaking part of it all is what happens to the children in the region. As the charity War Child’s global ambassador I’ve had the privilege to travel to Jordan and meet many of the Syrian children whose lives have been torn apart by this conflict; children who tell me they’re the lucky ones because although they are living in a refugee camp in the middle of the desert. They are alive; young women who talk frankly about the destruction of their homes by bombs,…

Source: The Times March 16, 2017 03:22 UTC