UNICEF: 47 kids evacuated from Aleppo orphanage

BEIRUT — The UN children’s agency says 47 children in an orphanage in the rebel-held section of Syria’s eastern Aleppo have been evacuated to safety, though some are in a critical condition.

UNICEF had previously expressed concerns about the children inside the orphanage near the front line in eastern Aleppo.

The agency’s spokeswoman Malene Jensen says that the children are being fed, clothed, medically examined and looked after by the agency and its partners, as well as by medical teams.

A UNICEF statement says some were in “critical condition from injuries and dehydration.”

It also cautions that there are many other “vulnerable children” among untold thousands of people still inside eastern Aleppo, according to estimates from the UN and humanitarian agencies.

— AP