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The older brother of Omran Daqneesh whose bloodied face has become a symbol of suffering in Syria has died, it has emerged.
Images of Omran shocked the world after the little boy was pulled from the rubble of his home in Aleppo following an airstrike on Wednesday night.
His picture has been described as capturing the plight of Syrian children in the war-torn country but now his brother Ali has been described as the “reality” after he reportedly died from his injuries suffered in the blast.
Syrian activist Kenan Rahmani said the “same Russian airstrike” that caused Omran’s injuries also resulted in the death of his 10-year-old brother.
He wrote on Facebook: “Omran became the "global symbol of Aleppo's suffering" but to most people he is just that--a symbol.
“Most people will never, ever be able to grasp the true suffering of Syria.
“I am now talking about Ali, Omran's bother, who passed away today from the same Russian airstrike that made his brother a "symbol."
“Ali is the suffering itself, that which Omran tried to convey to us. Ali is the utter loss of everything. Ali is Syria as Syrians know it.
“Ali is the reality: that no story in Syria has a happy ending.”
Eight other people, including five children, were believed to have died in the air strike.
Air strikes in and around Aleppo were responsible for the deaths of 422 civilians this month, including 142 children, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.