Seven-year-old Syrian girl takes to Twitter to depict life in Aleppo


  • World
  • Thursday, 24 Nov 2016

A general view shows the damage at a site hit by airstrikes in the rebel-held besieged al-Qaterji neighbourhood of Aleppo, Syria November 23, 2016. REUTERS/Abdalrhman Ismail

(Reuters) - Her hair tied into pigtails by matching pink ribbons, seven-year-old Bana Alabed inspects the rubble in her home town of Aleppo, before walking to face the camera.

"I am sad. It's so bad," she tells her audience in English in a clip posted on Twitter. She is later seen holding a banner reading: "Stand with Aleppo. Please stop the bombing and end the siege."

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