A game of street soccer.

Here in a refugee camp in Jordan, these Syrian children play like any others.

But a Save the Children councillor sees the signs of the trauma they've experienced before fleeing their country.

(SOUNDBITE)(English) SAVE THE CHILDREN COUNSELLOR, ODEH AL-HADDADIN, SAYING:

"They are shy or they are cutting themselves or they are being violent to other kids. They try to hurt other kids or hurt themselves."

The charity is providing counseling and calling on the UN to increase documentation of children's rights violations in Syria.

(SOUNDBITE)(English) SAVE THE CHILDREN CEO, JUSTIN FORSYTH, SAYING:

"They're telling us of their school being bombed or tanks knocking down their houses. They're telling us of relatives that have been killed by the army, of breaking into the house in the middle of the night, of watching their brother or sister or father being shot. They're even telling us of children being tortured in prison; little children of only 10 years old having their fingernails pulled out, even their fingers cut off. This is appalling, and it has to stop now."

Save the Children has released a series of graphic first-hand accounts from children and parents to draw attention to their suffering.

Refused permission to enter Syria, the organization's work is confined to border areas in neighboring countries where more than 200,000 thousand refugees have fled.