The Guardian: Eid clothes have become shrouds...the Syrian regime's war on children escalates

The British newspaper, The Guardian, said that attacks by the Syrian regime forces have killed at least 27 children in the last two months alone in northwestern Syria.

A report of the newspaper indicated that the war of attrition waged by the forces of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on the towns in northwestern Syria - which is controlled by Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham opposition to the regime - led to heavy losses in the lives of children and adolescents in the region, where the regime forces bombed 7 school buildings recently, adding Another violation of the regime's ugly record of targeting civilian infrastructure.

The newspaper quoted Laila Hasso, director of communication and awareness at the local Syrian "Hurras Network", a charitable organization working to protect children in Syria, saying, "In recent years, we have begun to notice that the bombing increases on holidays such as holidays."

"He killed 13 children in just 3 days. Now every time Eid comes we are afraid that we will lose more children, and instead of giving them new clothes to wear and celebrate Eid, parents are buying coffins to bury their children."

Displaced children queue to receive food aid in a camp in Idlib, northern Syria (Anadolu Agency)

The newspaper pointed out that the area is supposed to be protected under the ceasefire brokered by Turkey and Russia in March 2020, but the agreement is routinely ignored, which leaves the residents of the area living in constant fear of the next wave of aerial bombardment.

She explained that about 3 quarters of the region's estimated population of 3.5 million people fled to it to escape the fighting in other parts of the country, and they are living in difficult conditions that have worsened since the collapse of the Syrian currency last year, which led to a staggering rise in food prices.

The newspaper said that the attacks carried out by the regime forces against the region escalated during the two weeks following the Eid al-Adha holiday, coinciding with the swearing in of al-Assad's constitutional oath for a fourth 7-year term after winning a rigged election with 95% of the vote last May.

The Guardian report also made it clear that Assad pledged during a speech on the occasion to make "liberating the parts of the country that still need it" a top priority.