2m Syrian children’s lives are ‘torn apart’

As many as 2m children have had their lives torn apart by the bloody conflict in Syria as the fighting enters its third year with no end in sight, charity Save the Children warned today.

These “forgotten victims” are at constant risk of malnutrition, disease, trauma and, in the case of girls, being married off at a young age in a bid to protect them from burgeoning sexual violence, it said in a report.

Ahead of talks starting in London today between Britain’s foreign secretary William Hague and his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, that are likely to be dominated by the conflict, the charity urged the international community to push for an end to the violence that has torn Syria apart.