UN report says Syrian children tortured

Yahoo News
February 5, 2014

http://www.childrensrightsinstitute.org/318/un-report-says-syrian-children-tortured

Children in Syria have been tortured, maimed and sexually abused by President Bashar Assad's forces and recruited for combat by the rebelsfighting to topple him, according to a new UN report.

The report highlights what UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon termed the "unspeakable suffering" experienced by children in the country's nearly three-year-old conflict.

Meanwhile, the Syrian government missed another deadline for destroying its chemical weapons on Wednesday, but pledged to meet a final deadline of June 30.