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BBC News - Syria conflict: Children 'targeted by snipers'
Their report, Stolen Futures - the Hidden Toll of Child Casualties in Syria, examines data from the start of the conflict in March 2011 to August 2013.
Of the 11,420 victims aged 17 and under, 389 were killed by sniper fire.
Some 764 were summarily executed, and more than 100 - including infants - were tortured, the report says.
Boys outnumbered girls among the dead by around two to one. Boys aged 13 to 17 were most likely to be victims of targeted killings, the report says.
It's always the children who get the worst of this. Can you imagine what many of the children who were lucky enough to survive will go through from seeing what they have seen? UNICEF is a good organization to contribute to since they are trying to help the children living in refugee camps, children who will have to go through harsh winters living in tents. Let's hope that all these children at least have warm blankets. Many probably fled with just the clothes on their backs.