Two Syrian children who have become powerful symbols of their homeland’s conflict met Saturday, vowing that “the war will not stop us” despite the horrific violence around them. Seven-year-old Syrian girl Bana al-Abed — whose Twitter account gave a tragic description of the bombing of Aleppo — met 10-year-old Abdel Basset who lost his legs … Read more
She’s the 7-year-old Syrian girl who brought the plight of people living in eastern Aleppo to the world and now she’s asking US President Donald Trump to help save her friends. In a new video sent to CNN, Bana Alabed — who has been living in Turkey since fleeing Aleppo in December — reads an … Read more
Bana Alabed – the seven-year-old Syrian who tweeted about life inside rebel-held east Aleppo – has met Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Bana and her little brother have been pictured sitting on Mr Erdogan’s knee in the presidential complex in Ankara. President Erdogan sent a special representative to Syria to collect Bana and her family … Read more
The UN Security Council has adopted a resolution calling for UN officials and others to monitor the mass evacuations from rebel-held east Aleppo and the safety of civilians still there. Some 13,000 people have left the area since Thursday, the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says. The evacuation deal also includes government-held parts of … Read more
Evacuations have resumed from east Aleppo, with buses and ambulances leaving rebel areas of the Syrian city. At least 350 people reportedly left rebel enclaves late on Sunday, heading towards other rebel-held territory. Among those to have left is seven-year-old Bana Alabed, who had tweeted about conditions in besieged areas of Aleppo. A separate evacuation … Read more
Bana Alabed, a 7-year-old Syrian girl who captured the world’s attention with heartbreaking Twitter posts about the bombing of Aleppo, disappeared from social media on Sunday. The last message sent on the Twitter account Bana shares with her mother, Fatemah, was foreboding: “We are sure the army is capturing us now. We will see each … Read more
Syrian government forces have captured a key part of eastern Aleppo, splitting rebel-held territory in two. State TV said government troops were dismantling mines and explosives and continuing their advance. A monitoring group says the rebels have now lost more than a third of the previously rebel-held areas of Aleppo. Thousands of civilians have fled … Read more
Syrian government forces have been making rapid advances into eastern Aleppo, forcing thousands of civilians to flee. The Syrian army captured Jabal Badro on Sunday, a day after seizing Hanano district, and is making in-roads in other neighbourhoods. Its aim is to divide the rebel-held east of the city in two. Some reports said several … Read more
Seven-year-old Bana Alabed tweeted a photo a week ago, sitting at a desk with a book, her doll in the background. “Good afternoon from Aleppo,” the caption read. “I’m reading to forget the war.” Aleppo, Syria’s second city, has been split in two during the country’s long conflict. Daily life has become a struggle for … Read more