children

Syria regime shelling kills 4 schoolchildren in besieged town

Beirut - Muslimchronicle

Syrian regime shelling killed four schoolchildren and a man on Tuesday in the rebel-held besieged town of Jisreen east of the capital Damascus, a Britain-based monitor said. "A shell fired by regime troops hit the entrance of a school in Jisreen just as children were leaving it, killing five people including four schoolchildren," the head of the Syrian Observatory forRead more

‘Save the Children’ suspends rescue operations in Mediterranean

Rome - Muslimchronicle

International humanitarian group Save the Children said on Monday it had suspended migrant rescues in the Mediterranean Sea as departures from Libya slow and security conditions worsen. Save the Children has operated a ship, the Vos Hestia, since September last year, rescuing more than 10,000 migrants from dangerous and overcrowded boats launched by people smugglers. “For too long, we haveRead more

Syrian children die of hunger under regime siege

Hamouria - Muslimchronicle

One-month-old Sahar, her ribs protruding under translucent skin, breathed her last on Sunday in Syria’s Eastern Ghouta, where a crushing regime siege has pushed hundreds of children to the brink of starvation. Only a trickle of humanitarian aid ever reaches this rebel-held region east of Damascus, under a tight blockade by Assad regime forces since 2013. Eastern Ghouta is oneRead more

Syrian children ‘spread peace through art’ in Beirut

Beirut - Muslimchronicle

A series of paintings by Syrian and Lebanese children line one of the lanes in Beirut’s marketplace. The paintings vary in size, style and quality, but all are part of The Butterfly Project, which aims to promote peace through art. The project emerged as a result of the ongoing conflict in Syria in order — its press office states —Read more

12 dead as Myanmar's Rohingya refugee boat capsizes on way to Bangladesh

Bangladesh - Muslimchronicle

A boat carrying Rohingya Muslim refugees to Bangladesh capsized and at least 12 people, most of them children, drowned, police said on Monday, the latest victims of violence in Myanmar that has forced more than half a million people to flee. The boat sank near Shah Porir Dwip, on the southern tip of Bangladesh, late on Sunday with up toRead more

Four children perish in French housing block blaze

France - Muslimchronicle

Four children and an adult were killed when a fire engulfed a social housing block in the French city of Mulhouse on Sunday night, authorities said. Eight others were injured, three critically, in the blaze that began in the basement of a four-story building in the northern Bourtzwiller district, the fire service said. The fire broke out shortly before midnight.Read more

Dhaka takes steps to rehabilitate Rohingya child refugees

Cox’s Bazar - Muslimchronicle

Around 490,000 Rohingya have taken refuge in Bangladesh, among them nearly 6,000 orphans and some 1,500 children separated from their families, according to official sources. The government has said it will give smartcards to all Rohingya orphans so they can receive food, shelter and other basic necessities. To that end, it is preparing a database that is due for completionRead more

Illinois woman charged with killing 2 children found guilty

Illinois - Muslimchronicle

A judge has found a suburban Chicago woman guilty of murder in the fatal stabbings of her 7-year-old son and a 5-year-old girl she was baby-sitting. Elzbieta Plackowska (elz-BEE’-tah plah-KOW’-skuh) was found guilty Wednesday by DuPage County Judge Robert Miller after a bench trial. Defense attorneys contended the 45-year-old Plackowska was suffering a psychotic break when she killed the childrenRead more

Sharjah makes its buildings safer for children

Abu Dhabi - Musimchronicle

The loss of any child is a tragedy of immeasurable proportions; the deaths of more than two dozen over the past four years is a call to immediate action when those children have fallen from the windows of high-rise buildings, a local newspaper said today in an editorial. "Thankfully," the Gulf News said, "authorities in Sharjah have heard this call andRead more

SCRF reviews role of historical stories

Sharjah – Arab Today

The story of history and its great heroism can be summed up in educational books, through specialized encyclopedias that read a specific period of time and space. Dr. Wafa Al Shamsi, an Omani writer, began her dialogue session in Sharjah Children's Reading Festival (SCRF) about the role of historical tournaments in building a child's personality. Al Shamsi indicated that sheRead more