Occurred Nov 4, 2026, 12:00:00 PM UTC

First published Nov 6, 2026, 1:09:15 AM UTC · Last updated Nov 6, 2026, 1:09:15 AM UTC

Syria’s undocumented children ‘pay the price’ of war and a law that shuts out mothers

The report says many children born in Syria since the war began in 2011 lack legal identity because nationality passes only through fathers, many of whom are dead or missing. A member of the independent UN commission investigating rights violations in Syria made the statement.

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Affected location: Syria

Illustrative image: عائلة من البدو في حلب - سوريا — James Gordon from Los Angeles, California, USA/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0

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It describes how war and nationality rules leave children without legal identity.

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