Abandoned babies | Newborn baby found inside bag in eastern countryside of Aleppo

Aleppo province: Residents found a newborn baby abandoned by his parents for unknown reasons, placed inside a bag and dumped on Al-Kornish Street in Al-Bab city in the eastern countryside of Aleppo, within “Euphrates Shield” area, which is under the control of Turkish forces and their proxies.
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 2024 across Syria has increased to 38, where they were left in dumpsters and plastic bags in front of mosques and on the roadside; they are distributed as follows:
SDF-held areas: 19 babies, two of whom were found dead.
HTS-controlled areas: Five babies.
Regime-controlled areas: Nine babies.
“Euphrates Shield” area: Three babies.
“Olive Branch” area: Two babies.