Russia denies involvement in Aleppo attack that wounded boy

A doctor in Aleppo yesterday identified the boy as five-year-old Omran Daqneesh. “And then everybody went back to business”. Miraculously, everyone in his immediate family survived.

Shocking images of suffering are documented daily and hourly in Syria, including many of injured children such as Omran, but it was not hard to see why this one captured worldwide attention. In the images, the barefoot boy is clad in shorts and a cartoon-emblazoned T-shirt – just like any kindergartner anywhere on a hot summer’s evening, lending an incongruous touch of familiarity amid the chaotic scene, down to his slightly pigeon-toed pose.

Escalating violence in and around the city, where Russian Federation and Iran are supporting bombing campaigns against the rebels, some of whom are backed by Arab and Western powers, caused the breakdown of peace talk in Geneva overseen by de Mistura. A week ago, last remaining doctors in eastern Aleppo, 29 of them, serving at least 3,00,000 people trapped in the area, wrote an open letter to US President Barack Obama urging him to “create a permanent lifeline to bring in urgently needed medical supplies”, reports CNN.

The strike occurred during the sunset call to prayer, around 7:20 p.m, said Raslan, a correspondent for Al Jazeera Mubashir.

Omran’s legs barely reach to the edge of the seat.

“Omran was afraid and astonished and he didn’t cry because he was shocked”, the surgeon named by the BBC as Dr. Mohammad said, adding that the child hadn’t spoken a word. The little Omran was rescued with three siblings and his parents.

Her voice quavers as she explains that the boy’s home in Aleppo was destroyed and he was buried.

The Aleppo, in northern Syria is known for civil wars from many years. 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.

He also recalled the urgent need to install a 48-hour truce in Aleppo to give humanitarian convoys enough time to achieve meaningful aid deliveries. De Mistura declared that there was “no sense” in more talk as the transport of desperately needed supplies was delayed yet again.

The American roadmap to end the war includes a national ceasefire, opening up of humanitarian aid, and the resumption of political negotiations between the Syrian regime and opposition in Geneva. De Mistura continued, looking and sounding uncharacteristically agitated. “And why? Because one thing, fighting”.

Later Thursday, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Maj.

Later in the day, a United Nations spokesperson in NY noted that de Mistura had since received communication from the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, stating its readiness to support his proposal of a 48-hour humanitarian pause in Aleppo.

Social media is flooded with images trying to explain the world’s apathy with the Syrian situation.

They are luckier than some of the other children of Aleppo. People across countries witnessed the tragedy that Syria is going through, but the little boy must have seen people dying, buildings falling and sounds of bullets.