Children held in a prison in northeast Syria that witnessed 10 days of fighting between US-backed fighters and ISIS militants are living in “incredibly precarious” conditions and they should not have been there in the first place, the UN children’s agency said Sunday.
UNICEF added that the agency is ready to help support a new safe place in Syria’s northeast to take care of the most vulnerable children, some of whom are as young as 12. Its statement came a day after a visit by one of its teams to the prison in the northeastern city of Hassakeh.
