Syria

Syria: Roughly half of all the nearly 2 million registered refugees from Syria are children, and some 740,000 of those are under the age of 11, according to the UN refugee and childrens agencies. More Related to this Story, according to Globe and Mail. Number of refugees fleeing Syria could triple by end of 2013: UN The number of registered child refugees fleeing Syrias violence has topped the 1 million mark in another grim milestone of the deepening conflict, two UN agencies said Friday. Russia urges Assad to co-operate in UN probe of alleged chemical weapons attack in Syria (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.