Children working on construction sites in Syrian city of Raqqa face dangerous conditions

The 2017 campaign to liberate Raqqa in northeastern Syria from ISIS left the city in ruins. Today, children make up a significant portion of the workforce that is rebuilding. The World’s Shirin Jaafari traveled to Raqqa and met with one family who knows the dangers of this work firsthand.

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