Abandoned newborn babies | Residents find newborn girl in front of clinic in centre of Al-Raqqah city

Al-Raqqah province: Residents found a newborn baby girl on the stairs of a clinic in Tel Abyad street in the centre of Al-Raqqah city within SDF-held area.

 

This coincides with the growing phenomenon of abandoned new-born babies over different reasons, mainly the dreadful living conditions and illegal relationships without marriage.

 

Accordingly, the number of abandoned new-born babies documented in 2023 across Syria has increased to 56, where they were left in dumpsters and plastic bags in front of mosques and on the roadside; they are distributed as follows:

 

• Regime-controlled areas: 23

 

• SDF-held areas: 27

 

• Areas controlled by Turkish-backed factions: 3

 

• HTS-controlled areas: 3