Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
General Discussion
Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBrother of Syrian boy pulled from Aleppo rubble dies in hospital
Source: The Observer
Brother of Syrian boy pulled from Aleppo rubble dies in hospital
10-year-old Ali Daqneesh, brother of Omran, died from his
injuries three days after airstrike as frustration grows over
civilian suffering
Lin Jenkins and Emma Graham-Harrison
Saturday 20 August 2016 19.12 BST
The airstrike that destroyed the home of five-year-old Omran Daqneesh who was photographed after being pulled from the rubble has claimed the life of his brother.
Ali, 10, was not with his younger brother at home but playing with friends out in the street when the bomb fell on Wednesday. While his family sustained minor injuries when their home collapsed he was more seriously hurt in the blast.
It emerged today that he had died from his injuries in hospital. The boys father received mourners at his temporary home after news broke of the death.
Kenan Rahmani, a Syrian activist wrote online: Omran became the global symbol of Aleppos suffering but to most people he is just that a symbol. Ali is the reality: that no story in Syria has a happy ending.
[font size=1]-snip-[/font]
10-year-old Ali Daqneesh, brother of Omran, died from his
injuries three days after airstrike as frustration grows over
civilian suffering
Lin Jenkins and Emma Graham-Harrison
Saturday 20 August 2016 19.12 BST
The airstrike that destroyed the home of five-year-old Omran Daqneesh who was photographed after being pulled from the rubble has claimed the life of his brother.
Ali, 10, was not with his younger brother at home but playing with friends out in the street when the bomb fell on Wednesday. While his family sustained minor injuries when their home collapsed he was more seriously hurt in the blast.
It emerged today that he had died from his injuries in hospital. The boys father received mourners at his temporary home after news broke of the death.
Kenan Rahmani, a Syrian activist wrote online: Omran became the global symbol of Aleppos suffering but to most people he is just that a symbol. Ali is the reality: that no story in Syria has a happy ending.
[font size=1]-snip-[/font]
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/aug/20/syria-boy-brother-aleppo-ali-daqneesh-omran-dies
InfoView thread info, including edit history
TrashPut this thread in your Trash Can (My DU » Trash Can)
BookmarkAdd this thread to your Bookmarks (My DU » Bookmarks)
1 replies, 856 views
ShareGet links to this post and/or share on social media
AlertAlert this post for a rule violation
PowersThere are no powers you can use on this post
EditCannot edit other people's posts
ReplyReply to this post
EditCannot edit other people's posts
Rec (3)
ReplyReply to this post
1 replies
= new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight:
NoneDon't highlight anything
5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
Brother of Syrian boy pulled from Aleppo rubble dies in hospital (Original Post)
Eugene
Aug 2016
OP
pampango
(24,692 posts)1. Thanks for posting this, Eugene. "There is growing frustration in rebel-held Aleppo that grief
at the plight of Omran has not been accompanied by rage at those who dropped the bomb."
The image brought renewed global focus to the suffering of civilians in the eastern part of Syrias largest city, living under near-siege conditions and a constant bombardment of barrel bombs dropped from government aircraft and more targeted Russian airstrikes.
Civilian casualties from Russian bombings have overtaken civilian deaths at the hands of Isis for the first time, the activist group, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said last week.
By ignoring the political and military context of Omrans plight, they are cheapening his suffering and that of all the people who have chosen to stay on in opposition-held areas of Aleppo, or have not had an opportunity to leave.
We dont want the world to know we are dying as civilians here, that is not enough. We want the world to know who is killing us, who is targeting us, said an English-language professor at the university, whose six-month-old daughter was born in one of the citys few remaining hospitals. If people in Britain and United States know that Russia and Assad are doing this, they will help us, they will do something with their government to help us. But if they dont know, what kind of help can we get?