Dozens of Syrian children were forced to flee a kindergarten on Sunday after it was allegedly bombed by government forces, highlighting the suffering of civilians in areas besieged by forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad and the rampant abuses in the six-year civil war. The video was authenticated by the Associated Press and was released by activists of the Ghouta Media Centre, an organisation covering the war in Ghouta region near Damascus. Ghouta, once the breadbasket of the Syrian capital, has been under siege for years by the Assad regime, and is under rebel control. The UN estimates that 350,000 besieged civilians are living in east Ghouta. The latest video highlighted the continuing plight of Syria’s children, who have suffered greatly in the course of the war.

Source: The Guardian October 30, 2017 16:07 UTC