Syria's 'lost generation' of girls

By Thom Patterson, CNN

Updated 0037 GMT (0837 HKT) January 20, 2016

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Amal, 14, left Syria with her family three years ago. Her future husband is 28-year-old Ahmad, right. The family wants to marry her off, and she agrees with this decision, said photographer Laura Aggio Caldon. Many Syrian refugees are marrying off their children to protect them from war and poverty.
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Amal, 14, left Syria with her family three years ago. Her future husband is 28-year-old Ahmad, right. The family wants to marry her off, and she agrees with this decision, said photographer Laura Aggio Caldon. Many Syrian refugees are marrying off their children to protect them from war and poverty.
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Young refugees work in the Bekaa Valley of Lebanon.
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Young refugees work in the Bekaa Valley of Lebanon.
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A heart hangs over a bed at a refugee camp in the Bekaa Valley.
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A heart hangs over a bed at a refugee camp in the Bekaa Valley.
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Samira, 14, got married about a year and half ago. She has an infant son.
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Samira, 14, got married about a year and half ago. She has an infant son.
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