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We're praying for refugees today and remember Alan Kurdi as part of our #Novenahttps://t.co/vP9Ku8Ebvi pic.twitter.com/9My3J6cB1J
— Premier Christian (@PremierRadio) May 10, 2016
Ninety-six children were killed in Aleppo, Syria, in the week between August 13 and August 19 this year.
You will remember seeing the horrific photo of little Omran Dashneeq (pictured below) following airstrikes in Aleppo last week.
According to UNICEF, over 80 per cent of Syria’s child population has been affected by the conflict.

The doctors who treated Omran were shocked at how the world had only just noticed the plight that Syrian children were suffering when the war had been going on for over five years, The New York Times reported.
The photo below shows a Syrian Kurdish refugee man from the Kobani area carrying an injured child at a camp in Suruc, on the Turkey-Syria border on Sunday, November 16, 2014.
Kobani had been under assault by extremists of the Islamic State group since mid-September 2014.

There are hundreds of photographs documenting the many fatal airstrikes that Syrian civilians have suffered.
But mainstream media has only exposed us to a small handful.
Here are some other powerful images of the conflict that didn’t go viral but are just as eye-opening:
Haunting picture from Douma in Syria this morning of family escaping after regime airstrike. By @firasabdullah_ pic.twitter.com/hKfxJGQubq
— Josie Ensor (@Josiensor) August 23, 2016
This most recent photo was taken of a father clutching onto his daughter and son following a regime airstrike this morning in rebel-held Douma:
One Syrian child victim went viral. Most, sadly, are just forgotten. Like these. https://t.co/lTeNEpfCDX pic.twitter.com/rfEHyIYmDQ
— Kenneth Roth (@KenRoth) August 22, 2016
The harrowing photos of the children above were all taken in the same hospital that Omran was treated in. These other children, some as young as seven-months-old, were wounded in the same airstrike in Aleppo.
In July, there were airstrikes against the so-called Islamic State in the city of Manbij, Syria. Below are some photos showing how people tried to save children from the attacks.
It is estimated that 11 children were killed on July 21 in Manbij.
At least 56 civilians killed in #Syria airstrikehttps://t.co/XclYB8B2Oy? pic.twitter.com/8KCqob3qmj
— The [email protected] (@marryirani2010) July 21, 2016
Aleppo was home to the most recent and horrifying airstrikes at the hands of both rebel and international forces.
Russian airstrikes on Syria were reported to have taken place in Aleppo last Wednesday, the BBC reported.
A father holds his bloodied and terrified sons during the airstrike:
145 people killed across #Syria on Sundayhttps://t.co/YHUfC9hwId pic.twitter.com/4ayh05NjEK
— The [email protected] (@marryirani2010) July 19, 2016
Two million people in need of aid in Aleppo#Syria #Aleppo #SyrianRefugees pic.twitter.com/eZuZzDszc1
— The [email protected] (@marryirani2010) August 16, 2016
Via @AleppoAMC #Syria, Aleppo: Civil defense rescues boy from rubble of airstrike on Mashhadhttps://t.co/zULlMtajec pic.twitter.com/8zh3V2YHdP
— EatingMyPeaz (@EatingMyPeaz) July 26, 2016
The little girl below was photographed in a makeshift hospital after shell attacks and air raids in the rebel-held area of Douma, east of the capital Damascus.
Her head wrapped in an orange scarf, she is covered in dust and blood:
This image. She survived a #Syria regime airstrike in #Douma yesterday. Others like her didn't. pic.twitter.com/byVfUz084W
— Joseph Willits (@josephwillits) August 23, 2015
Just because these photos aren’t being thrown in our faces by viral media, it doesn’t mean the issues don’t exist.
It’s important not to forget about the greatest humanitarian crisis of our time.
