Two babies froze to death as a result of the heavy snowfall and cold weather in the northwest of Syria hitting the camps where the Syrians, who were displaced from their homes, were staying.
A UN official told AFP News Agency that one seven-day-old and two-month-old baby girl was born in Idlib.
Due to the 10-year war in Syria, 2.8 million people fled their homes and took refuge in the opposition-held area.
Many live in battered tents without warm clothing or fuel.
The UN warned that the economic situation in Syria, food prices doubled in a year, and the necessary funds could not be found to meet the increasing needs with winter aid.
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The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that two infants died in the camps in the Al Ziyara and Al Shayn Bahr regions in the north of Idlib on Tuesday.
The organization announced that on January 23, a one-month-old baby living in a camp in Jarablus died due to cold.
On January 18, it was reported that a child died in the Kastal Miktad region, as the oil caused the snow to collapse on the tent.
According to the UN, 287 camps established for those who had to flee their homes in Idlib and Aleppo were affected by snowfall, flooding and strong winds during the storms on 18, 19 and 25 January. damaged.
The UN reported that 68 fires broke out in the camps since the beginning of the year, and that two people died and 24 were injured in these fires. Most of the fires came from stoves set up for heating.
Sonia Khush, Syria Director of the charity Save the Children, said it was “inconceivable for a child to be worried about his winter life”.
“Almost 11 years after the onset of the crisis in Syria, the world seems to have forgotten about the children in Northwest Syria,” Khush added.
“These preventable and tragic deaths are terrible events that show children how urgently humanitarian aid is needed. They too need a lasting, peaceful solution in Syria.”