The killings of three girls in Syria within three weeks expose gaps in child protection, from emergency responses to safeguards against abuse at home.

The killings of three girls in Syria within three weeks expose gaps in child protection, from emergency responses to safeguards against abuse at home. Read more: Link What 3 girls’ deaths reveal about Syria’s child protection gap LONDON: In an orchard behind her family’s home in Syria’s eastern province of Deir Ezzor, 3-year-old Ghala Khamis Al-Saleh Al-Khamis was found dead on Aug. 2, about two hours after she vanished.