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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