What psychological damage is being done to these children.
Children in Syria 'waiting for their turn to die'
Children walk through the corridors of a destroyed school in Eastern Ghouta in Eastern Ghouta, Syria Credit: Save the Children/PA
Some 250,000 children are trapped in Syria without food, medicine or electricity, according to a study by Save the Children.
Youngsters told the charity they have become so terrified they "now wait for their turn to be killed".
Fear and starvation have taken hold in the war-ravaged country, where civilians are killed by barrel bombs and those trapped in besieged communities have resorted to eating boiled leaves and animal feed to survive.
Children sit near a well in a besieged area in Eastern Ghouta, Syria Credit: Save the Children/PA
The charity's chief executive Tanya Steele said the report, Syria Childhood Under Siege, released ahead of the war's fifth anniversary next week, showed it was time to end sieges around key cities.
She said: "Children are dying from lack of food and medicines in parts of Syria just a few kilometres from warehouses that are piled high with aid. They are paying the price for the world's inaction.
"Families interviewed for this report spoke of sick babies dying at checkpoints, vets treating humans and children forced to eat animal feed as they cower in basements from airstrikes.
"Enough is enough. After nearly five years of conflict in Syria, it's time to end the sieges."
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Children in Syria 'waiting for their turn to die'?
Children in Syria 'waiting for their turn to die'
Children walk through the corridors of a destroyed school in Eastern Ghouta in Eastern Ghouta, Syria Credit: Save the Children/PA
Some 250,000 children are trapped in Syria without food, medicine or electricity, according to a study by Save the Children.
Youngsters told the charity they have become so terrified they "now wait for their turn to be killed".
Fear and starvation have taken hold in the war-ravaged country, where civilians are killed by barrel bombs and those trapped in besieged communities have resorted to eating boiled leaves and animal feed to survive.
Children sit near a well in a besieged area in Eastern Ghouta, Syria Credit: Save the Children/PA
The charity's chief executive Tanya Steele said the report, Syria Childhood Under Siege, released ahead of the war's fifth anniversary next week, showed it was time to end sieges around key cities.
She said: "Children are dying from lack of food and medicines in parts of Syria just a few kilometres from warehouses that are piled high with aid. They are paying the price for the world's inaction.
"Families interviewed for this report spoke of sick babies dying at checkpoints, vets treating humans and children forced to eat animal feed as they cower in basements from airstrikes.
"Enough is enough. After nearly five years of conflict in Syria, it's time to end the sieges."
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Children in Syria 'waiting for their turn to die'?
