Covered in dust from the rubble which was once his home, the image shows him sitting alone appearing disoriented and dazed in the back of an ambulance. According to CNN, he was silent during the entire incident.
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During a Thursday broadcast, CNN anchor Kate Bolduan was brought to tears as she reported on a heartbreaking image from a recent airstrike in Aleppo, Syria. According to CNN, it took almost an hour to dig the family out. Doctors treated his head injury, cleaned him up and he was reportedly released later that night. Every day I meet traumatized parents for losing a child or even not being able to find the body under the rubble. “He was in the same situation, he did not cry at all”.
Khaled Khatib, a photographer for the Syrian Civil Defense movement, also known as the White Helmets, told TIME over WhatsApp that “Omran and his family are well now, all his family survived”. Early this month, opposition forces broke through government encirclement of the city in the south to threaten government-held western Aleppo, where up to 2 million civilians live.
The Associated Press reports the fighting in Syria has frustrated the United Nations’ work to fulfill its humanitarian mandate.
Staffan de Mistura said he abandoned a humanitarian aid meeting within eight minutes after realising all sides were unwilling to change their ways.
The United Nations has said that the level of fighting in August has prevented aid from reaching any of the 18 besieged areas and cities in Syria, a lot of them surrounded by government forces. “And why? Because one thing, fighting”. The U.N.is hoping to secure a weekly 48-hour pause to the fighting in Aleppo.
Syrian and Russian aircraft have launched intense air strikes on opposition strongholds in northern Syria to prevent rebels sending reinforcements to a crucial battle in Aleppo, a monitor said on Thursday.
Meanwhile, Russia has indicated that it is ready to support a 48-hour cease-fire in Aleppo in order to allow aid deliveries.
He said the dates and times of the humanitarian convoys will be set after Russian Federation receives security guarantees from the United States.
Her voice quavers as she explains that the boy’s home in Aleppo was destroyed and he was buried.
The disturbing pictures have emerged as more details of the suffering in Syria are highlighted by Amnesty International.
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6 million children remain in need in Syria. This is worse than a nightmare because you wake up from a nightmare. “We’ve got to end this war”.
