BALADI NEWS
A father climbs through the ruins of his home, destroyed in an airstrike just moments earlier, in a frantic effort to reach his children. Amjad al-Abdullah’s face is fixed in horror as his infant daughter Tuqa dangles from the wreckage, several stories high, hanging by a piece of her clothing. The child’s sister reaches out to grab her from beneath the rubble to stop her falling.
The photograph, shared by Syrian activists, was taken following an airstrike by Syrian or Russian government jets on Wednesday in the northern province of Idlib, where Bashar al-Assad’s forces are fighting to recapture the last rebel-held bastion in the country.
The atrocity caps a deadly month for children in Idlib. According to Save the Children, more children have lost their lives to violence in the last four weeks than in the entirety of 2018. The charity said on Wednesday that at least 33 kids have been confirmed killed since 24 June, compared to 31 during the whole of last year.
Source: The Independent.