Bana Alabed, girl who tweeted Aleppo nightmare, safe as evacuations resume - CBS

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CBS News December 19, 2016, 5:45 AM
Bana Alabed, girl who tweeted Aleppo nightmare, safe as evacuations resume

Last Updated Dec 19, 2016 6:37 AM EST

Bana Alabed, the young Syrian girl who has become an internationally recognized symbol of civilians’ suffering in her country’s ruthless civil war through a Twitter account run by her mother, has made it out of eastern Aleppo along with other children evacuated by international aid groups.

According to the president of the Syrian American Medical Society (SAMS), a Washington D.C.-based non-profit organization, Alabed arrived to the countryside west of Aleppo on Monday with “many” other children from the former opposition enclave of eastern Aleppo, where thousands of rebels and civilians are still believed to be awaiting evacuation.

The mass evacuation of civilians was resumed Monday morning after a tumultuous weekend, with a fragile cease-fire appearing to hold.

Dr. Ahmad Tarakji, the head of SAMS, tweeted a photo of Bana Alabed in the arms of a medical worker Monday morning. Other Syrian activists and aid workers on the ground tweeted similar photos with the little girl, who appeared to be in relatively good health.

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