U.N. Report Details Abuse of Children in Syria War

-        Children in Syria have been sexually abused in government detention, recruited to fight the opposition, tortured and used as civilian shields

-        The report was quietly presented to the Security Council last week

-        Estimated that at least 10,000 children had been killed and that “grave violations against children” had been committed by “all parties to the conflict” since it began in March 2011

-        The government denies it detains children.

-        The Syrian government told the U.N. investigators that at least 130 children had been killed by opposition forces

-        The leadership of the moderate armed opposition has repeatedly affirmed its commitment to upholding international human rights standards