Monday, August 22, 2016

Aleppo's Children: Omran Daqneesh Is One of Thousands Suffering

The blank and haunting gaze of the "boy in the ambulance" rescued from the rubble in Aleppo turned the world's eyes to the besieged city.

Omran Daqneesh, whose bloodied and dust-caked face was captured on camera, is as old as the five-year conflict that has ripped Syria apart. He's known nothing other than the horrors and heartbreak of war. 

Stepping outside in his hometown could instantly become a death sentence — but staying indoors isn't much safer.

While last week's photograph of the dazed Omran refocused attention on the civil war, thousands of other children from Aleppo find themselves in the crossfire daily — under bombardment from Syrian government forces and Russian jets in some parts of the city, rebel shelling in others. 

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