Hundreds of Syrian children targeted by snipers: Report

Syrian conflict has seen many innocent lives compromised, including those of children, hundreds of whom were targeted by snipers, a new report has revealed.

London-based Oxford Research Group revealed that more than 11,000 children have died in Syria's civil war in nearly three years.

According to the BBC, the report indicates that summary executions and torture have also been used against children as young as one, and majority of them have been killed by bombs or shells in their own neighbourhoods.

The report, titled Stolen Futures - the Hidden Toll of Child Casualties in Syria, examines data from the start of the conflict in March 2011 to August 2013 and found that of the 11,420 victims aged 17 and under, 389 were killed by sniper fire.

The think tank found that some 764 were summarily executed, and more than 100, including infants, were tortured and boys aged 13 to 17 were most likely to be victims of targeted killings.

Report co-author Hana Salama said that children were being bombed in their homes, in their communities, during day-to-day activities such as waiting in bread lines or attending school.

The report added that more than 100,000 people are estimated to have been killed in the conflict and more than two million Syrians have fled the country and around half of those are believed to be children.