Syrian conflict: Three years on and human cost mounts

It is three years to the day that the war in Syria began. Sophie Magennis argues that Ireland has a role to play in alleviating the growing human cost of the conflict.

It is now three years since the conflict in Syria began. Three years since the first shots were fired and deaths recorded in a tragedy that has now left over 100,000 dead.

Three years since the first of 10,000 children were killed. Caught in the crossfire of an adults’ conflict, with many more tortured, maimed and sexually abused.