Syrian Government Pledges Protection for Children with Disabilities [EN/AR]

Country: Syrian Arab Republic Source: Human Rights Watch Please refer to the attached file. A Welcome Step. Now Comes the Hard Part Hiba Zayadin Senior Researcher, Middle East and North Africa Division Syria’s 14-year conflict destroyed vast swathes of the country and killed hundreds of thousands, but it also left behind over 1.5 million Syrians with war-caused disabilities. Syria’s minister of social affairs, Hind Kabawat, acknowledged this dire situation on June 9 at a UN meeting on the rights