Middle East

Aug. 19, 2016 | 12:10 AM

Haunting image of boy rescued from rubble

Omran, a four-year-old Syrian boy covered in dust and blood, sits in an ambulance after being rescued from the rubble of a building hit by an air strike in the rebel-held Qaterji neighbourhood of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo late on August 17, 2016. / AFP / MAHMOUD RSLAN

Zeina KaramPhilip Issa| Associated Press

A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Daily Star on August 19, 2016, on page 8.

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