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August 19, 2016

Syria: Viral Pic of Boy After Airstrike Draws Attention to Humanitarian Disaster
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In news on Syria, a viral image of a five-year-old boy who survived a
Syrian government airstrike is once more drawing international attention
to the plight of civilians there. The photo shows the boy, Omran
Daqneesh, caked in dust and blood. He sits alone in the back of an
ambulance, staring directly ahead in shock. The boy lives in Aleppo,
where the Syrian government and rebels are involved in a fierce battle
for control of Syria's largest city. Some have pointed out that last
year a picture of a dead two-year-old Syrian boy on a Turkish beach
garnered widespread attention and outrage but did not result in any
changes. Alan Kurdi died while trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea
with his family, but the number of deaths of refugees on the
Mediterranean this year has increased significantly from last year.
Topics:Syria

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