Rescuer weeps as baby is saved from rubble
A rescue worker has been pictured breaking down in tears as he held a baby girl who was freed from the rubble of a bombed building.
In the footage, the man is seen cradling the child in his arms in an ambulance as she was taken to hospital following a reported airstrike in Idlib, northern Syria.
The tearful worker said the infant, who had blood on her head and was covered in dust, was aged about one month, although she appeared to look older.
Rescue workers were earlier pictured searching desperately through the remains of a building to find the youngster in the debris. A woman was also pulled alive.
The rescue worker breaks down in the ambulance
The worker said: “We have been working for two or three hours, God willing.
“One month, she is one month old. Oh God, two hours of work, this is it. It’s 30 days old.”
At least six people were killed as air raids targeted Idlib and the town of Jarjanaz on Thursday, according to the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
The footage emerged a day after a young Syrian girl was pulled alive from underneath rubble after an airstrike in Aleppo’s al Shaar district – an attack that reportedly claimed 24 lives.
The baby was taken to hospital after an airstrike
Meanwhile, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has said the Russian air campaign against Syrian rebels has killed 3,800 civilians in the past year, as well as more than 5,500 jihadist and insurgents.
Syrian regime forces, backed by Moscow, are trying to control the whole of Aleppo and have reportedly advanced on two fronts – the north and central areas.
The charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) has accused Syria’s government and Russia of provoking a “bloodbath”, saying the eastern rebel-held part has become “a giant kill box”.
Syria conflict: a timeline of events
And the UN warned of “a humanitarian catastrophe” as talks between Washington – which backs some rebel groups – and Moscow appeared to be close to collapse.
Since the Syrian army operation in Aleppo began over a week ago, Damascus and Moscow have pounded the east with airstrikes, barrel bomb attacks and artillery fire, reportedly killing 216 people, including more than 40 children.
Former UN secretary general Kofi Annan told Sky News that “proxy wars” in Syria could prolong the conflict.
Rescuer weeps as baby is saved from rubble
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