Winter weather killed 15 displaced children in Syria: UN

AFP  |  Beirut 

Freezing temperatures and the lack of medical care have killed at least 15 displaced Syrian children in recent weeks, the reported Tuesday.

The (UNICEF) said eight of them had died as a result of freezing temperatures in the in southeastern and seven others during the displacement from the jihadist bastion of Hajin, further north.

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First Published: Tue, January 15 2019. 15:15 IST