Our children: our hope for a better future

Violence and terrorism continue to claim the lives of our children. This page puts in the spotlight stories about children victims of violence and keeps readers informed about the dangers the builders of tomorrow face with every passing day.

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Al-Qaeda attempting to recruit children in Diyala: official

A local Iraqi official in Diyala province on Wednesday (April 24th) accused al-Qaeda of seeking to form a new armed cell k...
UN condemns bloody week for children in Syria

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Friday (January 18th) denounced violence over the past week in Syria in whi...
Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai released from UK hospital

British hospital officials said Friday (January 4th) that a Pakistani schoolgirl receiving treatment in England after a Ta...
Sahwa wife killed, child hurt in attack

Gunmen on Thursday (December 27th) killed the 32-year-old wife of an al-Sahwa member and wounded her baby in an attack on ...
UAE launches child obesity awareness campaign

The Dubai Health Authority on Thursday (December 20th) launched an awareness campaign on the dangers of child obesity, Akh...
Terrorist attack targeting sleeping children sparks outrage

Suspected al-Qaeda gunmen stormed a home in Tarmiya district and killed a Sahwa member, his wife and their four children a...
Iraqi officials: Armed groups kidnap children to finance terrorist operations

Security forces say they are cracking down on terrorist groups who seek ransom money to fund their activities.
Iraq sets up crisis team to pursue gunmen who target children

Security forces arrested 17 al-Qaeda gunmen who confessed to attacking a children's hospital, a school, an amusement park ...
Girl killed in blast near primary school in Babil

A young girl was killed and 10 others were wounded Wednesday (November 14th) when an improvised explosive device (IED) exp...
Malala Yousafzai's attack isolates TTP

Differences emerged among militant factions after the TTP said it plans to try again to kill her, in what analyst dubbed a...
In Iraq, terrorist operations leave children with deep psychological scars

National and international organisations seek to rehabilitate hundreds of Iraqi children who suffer visible and invisible ...
Attack on Malala Yousafzai unites Pakistan in war on terror

Analysts said the October 9th attack was a turning point in defining the Taliban as a real threat.
Yemenis call for protecting children from al-Qaeda

Children in southern Yemen face danger from unexploded ordnance, attacks from remnants of Ansar al-Sharia and disease.
Attack on Malala Yousafzai strengthens resolve of schoolgirls

Taliban are mistaken if they think they can scare girls away from school, students say.
Pakistani nation condemns attack on Malala Yousafzai

Amid nationwide calls for prayers and support, government stands ready to provide help for Malala's recovery.

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READER COMMENTS

محمد مهدى

2013-4-4

Muhammad Mahdi: each soul has a time of departure.
حنان بلال

2013-4-3

Hahahahaha… we are the ones to be blamed.
مى

2013-3-31

Ohhhhhhh!
حليمة

2013-3-27

This is unfair. People are dying
سليمان محمد احمد البطيلي

2013-3-6

I am Suleiman Mohammad Ahmed Al-Butaili from Al-Hadida, Wadi Zubaid from Yemen and I like to add my contributions
الدنيا مصالح

2013-3-4

I like the article but I wish you would take a look at it and make our children happy, we are entrusted in their well being.
علي ناجي

2013-1-24

Where is the Arab nation in Syria, more than 50 young men were killed! Alas!!
عبدالرحمن

2013-1-15

I do not like it.
لولو الدلوعة

2012-11-17

Our children are our hope and life!