7 Things As Deadly As Chemical Weapons

A year ago on August 21, 2013 over 1,300 people, many of them children, were killed in a chemical weapons attack carried out by the Syrian regime. In a year, the world has turned its gaze from the people suffering there. And it's not just chemical weapons attacks they're enduring...

First: A Recap Of Chemical Weapons In Syria

But These Are Killing Even More...

There are over 150,000 people being detained in Syria. Facing complete uncertainty everyday.

1,655 civilians in Aleppo were killed by aerial attacks between February 22 and July 22. In addition, at least 11 incidents with barrel bombs containing chemicals have been recorded.

43 of 202 children interviewed by UNCHR said that at least one of their immediate family members was either dead, detained, or missing.

A quarter of a million people are under siege in Syria, meaning no food can come in. Over half of the people in Yarmouk refugee camp are suffering from malnutrition.

Due to the lack of sanitation in refugee camps and the inability for vaccinations and medicine to reach besieged and hard-to-reach areas, treatable diseases like polio have resurfaced.

More than two million people have been affected after two pumping stations were shut down. Water is being taken from wells which means it has a higher chance of being contaminated.

Nearly 400 children have been killed by sniper fire and nearly 800 have been killed by summary executions.

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