Beginning in syria where government jets struck schools and mosque in the stated state of iraq and killed in ra raka, duma and some may find the images in this report disturbing. Reporter she is afraid of needles as her mother tries to reassure her. Another syrian child caught up in a war fought by grown ups. Translator this is the aftermath of a strike in duma that hit a school and uploaded the videos on the internet and appear to show staff at a makeshift hospital struggling to cope with wounded children. Many pieces of shrapnel out of the boy and showed signs of life before being resuscitated and more children from the bombing waited to be seen by medics. Their school was not the only one hit on tuesday, reports say children died there as well. Aid agencies issued warnings about the rising number of child casualties in the war well into the fourth year, more than 11,000 children killed across syria, and 3 and a half thousand schools damaged or destroyed and many occupied for militar
War fought byught up on a governments. Act visas it appears to show staff at a makeshift hospital, trying to help children. And this child showed signs of life, before he had to be resuscitated. More children from the School Bombing waited to be seen we the medics this school wasnt the only one hit. Reports say children dies there as well. Inspouse the warning about the rising number, in the war thats well into its fourth year. Nor than 2. 8 children are out of school. Some accuse the regime of targeting schools entire neighborhoods in rebel held areas like zuma have been attacked. Reports from the city which is controlled by isil say that government jets conducted several attacks that killed more than a dozen people. Many of them children and schools they have asks the rebels and the government to avoided targeting densely Populated Areas but those appeals havent work, and with each school hit, children pay for a war they cannot avoided. Al jazeera. A new report says the u. S. Led str
A new report shows the u. S. Economy is growing faster than it has in more than a decade. Good evening, this is al jazeera america. Im michael yves in new york city. Dozens of people are gathering in new york at this hour to protest against Police Violence. Its in spite a plea from mayor bill de blasio. Tensions are growing begin tonight. Activists are ignoring the pleas to pause the protest in new york city. [ all we want is to be free ] up to 100 people are back on the streets demanding justice for unarmed black men. Theyre threatening to shut down a popular shopping area in manhattan right before christmas. Mayor bill de blasio asked to hold off the protests until after the funerals for fallen officers. This is a completely southerlious charge, one that is a smear on this movement, that i think quite frankly is an insult suggesting that some how people exercising their First Amendment rights has inspired someone to kill someone. If anything the protests were reenergized because they
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