Aleppo Boy

Lady Caroline Cox, a member of the British House of Lords, and an Anglican priest, Rev. Andrew Ashdown, have embarked on a journey to Syria, where they surveyed the conditions in Aleppo, Homs, and Latakia to prepare a report on the conditions on the ground in the country, and what the sentiment is regarding Western intervention. Vesti Russian news briefly covers the subject, and speaks with both Lady Cox and Rev. Ashdown in the following video clip and transcript below:

This week on the New World Next Week: CNN/CFR FakeNews Amanpour is called out by Aleppo Boy's father; Japan passes an anti-conspiracy law that criminalizes everyone; and an Ontario township defends itself against dangerous lemonade.

This week on the New World Next Week: CNN/CFR FakeNews Amanpour is called out by Aleppo Boy’s father; Japan passes an anti-conspiracy law that criminalizes everyone; and an Ontario township defends itself against dangerous lemonade.

Back in August 2016, at the height of the fighting in Aleppo, international media headlines were dominated by the story of the so-called ‘Aleppo boy’, who was supposedly pulled from the rubble following a Russian or Syrian air strike, and whose photograph was plastered across the Western media.

'Aleppo boy', a toddler who was shown with a bleeding cut and covered with dust in the aftermath of an airstrike in October, 2016, was used as a prop in a staged photo by the White Helmets. [...]

Mohammad Daqneesh displays a photo of his 11-year-old son, Mohammad Ali, who died due to injuries sustained the same day that Omran, known as the Aleppo boy, was mildly wounded, a fact the much of the media missed. Aleppo, Syria, June 6, 2017 (Photo: Danny Makki/MintPress News)