Khaled Idlbe News Today

The situation for girls in places prone to conflict and crisis can change in an instant. When women and girls lack power in their homes and communities, every shock—whether armed conflict, drought, flood or COVID-19—inevitably affects them more than others.

The International Day of the Girl (Oct. 11) focuses on the rights of girls. On Oct. 11, 2021 the IRC will reveal the 5 most challenging places to grow up a girl.

Artillery shelling has hit a hospital run by IRC partner organization SAMS in Al Atareb, western Aleppo. The attack killed six people and injured at least 16. The hospital was damaged so severely it can no longer be used. This is the fifth attack on health care in Syria recorded so far this year. Since the onset of the Syria conflict in March 2011, civilians have borne the brunt of the violence and withstood untold suffering. Their health facilities have been hit particularly hard, even thoug...