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

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

UN News · Official source · Nov 4, 2026, 12:00 PM UTC

Many children born in Syria since the war began in 2011 have no 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 the country said on Wednesday.