The U.N. agency for children says more than 80 percent of Syria's children have been harmed by the five-year-old conflict, including growing numbers forced to work, join armed groups or marry young because of widening poverty. UNICEF said Monday that one-third of Syrians under the age of 18, or about 3.7 million, were born since an uprising against President Bashar Assad erupted in 2011 and escalated into a civil war. The fighting has killed more than 250,000 people and displaced almost half the country's pre-war population of 23 million. The agency says nearly 7 million children in Syria now live in poverty.FILE -- In this May 29, 2014, file photo, Lujain Hourani, 11, a Syrian refugee girl...
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