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Social media star, 7, among evacuees from eastern Aleppo

By Associated Press in Beirut | China Daily | Updated: 2016-12-21 07:14

A Syrian girl from eastern Aleppo whose tweets from the war zone captivated world attention was evacuated to safety on Monday, part of an evacuation deal that saw the remaining residents of the former rebel enclave head to other parts of the country.

"I escaped from East #Aleppo," she tweeted after arriving in Rashidin, an area west of Aleppo, after she and her mother were evacuated from the war-torn east of the city.

Seven-year-old Bana Alabed's mother Fatemah set up and began operating the account in September. Tweeting on her daughter's behalf, they documented the horrors of living through the brutality of life in eastern Aleppo, with much of the city destroyed by fighting. Their account eventually garnered some 334,000 followers.

Social media star, 7, among evacuees from eastern Aleppo

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