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7-year-old Syrian girl, famous for tweets, writes a letter to Trump

Bana Alabed is begging the president to 'do something about the children in Syria.'

On Jan 25, 2017 by [email protected]

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7-year-old Syrian girl who shared horrors of Aleppo safely evacuated

She and her mother have asked world leaders to save them.

On Dec 19, 2016 by Michelle Jaworski

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How you can help civilians in Aleppo

Let's not turn their calls for help into tragedy porn.

On Dec 13, 2016 by Jaya Saxena

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Is there any reason to doubt the validity of the girl tweeting from Aleppo?

After tweeting she was captured, the 7-year-old returned to Twitter Tuesday.

On Dec 8, 2016 by Jessica Machado

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7-year-old Syrian girl tweets ‘the army is capturing us’—and account is soon deleted

Bana Alabed's popular Twitter is down after a last, cryptic tweet.

On Dec 5, 2016 by Jaya Saxena

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7-year-old Syrian girl livetweets harrowing attack in Aleppo that destroyed her home

‘When we die, keep talking for 200,000 still inside. BYE.’

On Nov 28, 2016 by Michelle Jaworski

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Aleppo’s people deliver powerful message to the world

'It has been almost six years and we are wondering what the world was doing?'

On Nov 24, 2016 by Gavia Baker-Whitelaw

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J.K. Rowling wants to send ‘Harry Potter’ books to a girl in war-torn Aleppo

'I think you'd like it.'

On Nov 21, 2016 by Gavia Baker-Whitelaw

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Syria’s largest city, beset by ‘barrel bombs,’ disappears from the Internet

It's not the first time Aleppo has dropped from the Internet.

On Dec 26, 2013 by Kevin Collier

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Syria’s largest city cut from the Internet as fighting intensifies

Internet security firm Renesys has announced that Internet activity from the city of Aleppo almost completely ceased Thursday evening.

On Aug 30, 2013 by Kevin Collier

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Capturing the sheer destruction of Syria’s civil war

Using satellite images, Science for Human Rights has put together a stunning collection of before-and-after photos of Aleppo, Syria.

On Aug 8, 2013 by Curt Hopkins