“When we die, keep talking for 200,000 inside.”
Bana Alabed, the seven-year old Syrian girl who has garnered worldwide attention for shedding light on life in war-torn Aleppo on Twitter, posted a heartbreaking “last message” on Sunday night as the Syrian army made rapid advances on the rebel-held city.
According to the BBC, several thousand civilians fled Aleppo after Syrian army forces captured large sections of the city over the weekend with the aim of diving the Rebel-held eastern part of the city in two.
Approximately 275,000 people are said to remain in eastern Aleppo, where supplies of food and medical supplies are believed to have virtually run out.
Alabed, whose tweets from Aleppo are followed by over 130,000 people, tweeted the following messages (the account is moderated by her mother, Fatemah) on Sunday night as the situation grew bleaker for many Aleppo residents.
The army got in, this could be our last days sincerely talking. No Internet. Please please please pray for us.- Fatemah #Aleppo
— Bana Alabed (@AlabedBana) November 27, 2016
Last message – under heavy bombardments now, can't be alive anymore. When we die, keep talking for 200,000 still inside. BYE.- Fatemah
— Bana Alabed (@AlabedBana) November 27, 2016
Tonight we have no house, it's bombed & I got in rubble. I saw deaths and I almost died. – Bana #Aleppo pic.twitter.com/arGYZaZqjg
— Bana Alabed (@AlabedBana) November 27, 2016
On Monday morning, Bana posted the following message.
Under heavy bombardments now. In between death and life now, please keep praying for us. #Aleppo
— Bana Alabed (@AlabedBana) November 28, 2016
On Sunday, UNICEF called for lifting sieges and allowing humanitarian access in Syria to help approximately 500,000 children living in besieged areas all over the country.
“For millions of human beings in Syria, life has become an endless nightmare – in particular for the hundreds of thousands of children living under siege. Children are being killed and injured, too afraid to go to school or even play, surviving with little food and hardly any medicine,” said Anthony Lake, UNICEF Executive Director.
“This is no way to live – and too many are dying.”
Main image via Twitter/Bana Alabed
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