Omran Daqneesh

Omran Daqneesh is a Syrian boy who, at age five, gained media attention after footage of him injured in an air strike appeared on the Internet.[1][2]

History

Daqneesh was injured on August 17, 2016, in an alleged Russian Air Force strike on the rebel-held al-Qaterji neighbourhood of Aleppo, Syria. He suffered a wound to his head and was taken to a hospital known as M10 and later discharged.

Daqneesh was rescued with his parents and three siblings, then aged one, six, and ten. His 10-year-old brother, Ali, died on August 20, 2016, of his injuries.[3] The apartment building collapsed shortly after the family was rescued. Eight people died in the air strike, including five children. The footage was released by the Aleppo Media Centre, a Syrian opposition activist group.

The image of him sitting bloodied in an ambulance after being dragged from the rubble of his home[4][5] caused international outrage and was widely featured in newspapers and social media. It has been compared with photographs of Alan Kurdi, a child refugee of the Syrian Civil War who drowned trying to reach Europe.[4]

Chinese and Russian media, both allies of the Syrian Army, called the images "propaganda". Some international media have proposed that the image was staged.[6]

See also

References

  1. "Boy in the ambulance: shocking image emerges of Syrian child pulled from Aleppo rubble". Retrieved 18 August 2016.
  2. "How Omran Daqneesh, 5, Became a Symbol of Aleppo's Suffering". The New York Times. 19 August 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  3. Reilly, Katie. "Brother of Aleppo Boy in Ambulance Dies". time.com. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  4. 1 2 "How Omran Daqneesh, 5, Became a Symbol of Aleppo's Suffering". The New York Times. 19 August 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  5. "'I filmed the Syrian boy pulled from the rubble - his wasn't a rare case'". Retrieved 18 August 2016.
  6. "China says Omran images are part of Western 'propaganda war'". independent.co.uk. 23 August 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
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