Meet the faces of the war in Syria: young girls hiding in bomb shelters when they should be at school; teenage boys painfully aware that the outside world is โbored from our blood picturesโ or blissfully ignorant.
Just last week, UNICEF issued a history-making blank statement expressing outrage at the numbers of Syrian children dying at the hands of their government in Eastern Ghouta and Damascus.
Now, the children trapped in these danger zones are broadcasting the horrors of their situation to the world via social media. 15-year-old teenager Muhammed Najem has been posting from Eastern Ghouta since December, SBS reports, in order to โconvey to you all the evil which is being committed by the Assad regime.โ
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Noor and Alaa, two primary school-aged sisters with a penchant for sparkly pink beanies, are also tweeting their calls for the international community to come to their aid.
This is the situation of children in underground shelters in #Ghouta. They need everything, the Most important is your voice. #SaveGhouta please pic.twitter.com/ARUOq1bGWq
โ Noor And Alaa (@Noor_and_Alaa) February 28, 2018
To everyone who can hear me we are in danger please help us before it's too late #EastGhouta#Syria #SaveGhouta pic.twitter.com/321YhYjWow
โ Noor And Alaa (@Noor_and_Alaa) February 19, 2018
5 hours ceasefire but the warplanes in sky of #Ghouta
โ Noor And Alaa (@Noor_and_Alaa) February 27, 2018
Where is the ceacfire#SaveGhouta#Syria pic.twitter.com/VkrCiXrVXK
Show youโre listening by donating to one of the many Syria Crisis Appeals here.
Anna is marie claire and InStyle's assistant digital content manager, reporting on everything from sell-out skincare to Meghan Markle's messy bun. Her work has taken her to tea with Miranda Kerr, the red carpet with Margot Robbie and New York with Jason Wu. Her words can also be found on Vogue, Body & Soul and Buro 24/7.
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