Describing January as "a dark month" in crisis-torn Middle East and North Africa, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) director for the region said Monday that the violence has had a devastating toll on children, who were being killed in ongoing conflicts or suicide attacks, or freezing to death as they fled active warzones.
"It is simply unacceptable that children continue being killed and injured every single day," said Geert Cappelaere, UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa.
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