On the third anniversary of Syria's war, NBC News is devoting 48 Hours to expose the impact of the humanitarian Crisis on its most innocent victims - the babies and children. Over five million Syrian children have had their lives scarred by this conflict, whether losing a loved one, their home, or their school, or by suffering a severe injury. Inside Syria, 3 million children are displaced, and almost a million children live under siege or near a front line. Beyond its borders, another million plus Syrian children are now refugees.
Over two days and two nights, NBC News will bring their stories to the outside world in a way that no news organization has before, using an innovative new multi-platform format spanning the TODAY show, NBC Nightly News, NBCNews.com, and social media to create a "live documentary" -- a continuous stream of reporting from both inside and outside Syria's borders. Coverage begins Tuesday morning on air and online, including the following: · Chief global correspondent Bill Neely will be inside Syria, reporting up close on the schools, hospitals, and orphanages that are struggling to care for children in damaged and destroyed communities. · Chief medical editor Dr. Nancy Snyderman will be in the Bekaa Valley in Lebanon -- an area overwhelmed with Syrian refugees, most of whom are living in makeshift shacks or homemade tents. Snyderman will be embedded with a small hospital straining to deliver up to fifteen babies a day and treat countless children suffering from severe long-term injuries. She will also visit a refugee camp where mobile medical units are providing polio vaccinations and treating malnourished children.Videos