Syrian child tweeter Bana evacuated from Aleppo
A seven-year-old girl who has been tweeting about life amid the devastation of eastern Aleppo has been safely evacuated from the city.
A picture of smiling Bana Alabed in a woolly hat was tweeted by the president of the Syrian American Medical Society, Ahmad Tarakji.
The tweet said: “.@AlabedBana and many children arrived to #Aleppo countryside. @sams_usa @UOSSM and partners arr coordinating the response plan there.”
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