During the Iran-Iraq War, thousands of Iranian children were sent to the front lines. Through deeply personal testimonies, former child soldiers share their untold stories with the BBC World Service.

Iraq’s education system has been devastated by ISIS, but there’s still hope of avoiding a ‘lost generation’ Photographs by Diego Ibarra Sánchez After two years in the darkness, living in ...

“Once war begins, there’s no turning ... by 16 children aged between 6 and 15 whom Sahel met in Iraq, Bangladesh and elsewhere. The children were asked to express their feelings under the ...