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Syrian refugees say government forces targeted children

2013-03-13 1 Dailymotion

They are the youngest victims of two years of fighting in Syria, subject not just to the violence around them - but increasingly to the violence directed at them.<br /> <br />These refugees from Homs say they were prisoners in their homes.<br /> <br />SOUNDBITE: SYRIAN WOMAN FROM HOMS, SAYING (Arabic):<br /> <br />"We couldn't leave the house at all. We couldn't go out. The snipers would shoot right at us. They were on the roofs. We saw children just dropping dead.<br /> <br />The explanation for such behavior?"<br /> <br />SOUNDBITE: SAVE THE CHILDREN CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, JUSTIN FORSYTH, SAYING:<br /> <br />"What the children say to you is that some of the people doing these terrible things are saying 'Because you are the future'."<br /> <br />John Forsyth is the executive officer for Save the Children.<br /> <br />SOUNDBITE: SAVE THE CHILDREN CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, JUSTIN FORSYTH, SAYING:<br /> <br />"They've all been through terrible trauma, a little girl, called Horrieh, told me how when the bombs came, she - and she said this

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