Syria’s undocumented children ‘pay the price’ of war and a law that shuts out mothers

Syria’s nationality law, which passes citizenship only through fathers, has left many children born since the 2011 war without legal identity, a UN commission investigator said Wednesday. Many fathers are dead or missing, so mothers cannot register their children, leaving them undocumented. The commission flagged this as a rights violation tied to the conflict’s toll. Watch for whether Syria amends its nationality law to allow mothers to confer citizenship, which would restore legal identity to these children.