Brave Twitter sisters saved from Syria carnage
TWO young sisters from wartorn Syria, whose courage has captured the hearts of people around the world, were safe last night after being rescued from the devastated enclave of eastern Ghouta.
Noor and Alaa, aged 11 and eight, used Twitter to reveal the horrors of life under relentless air strikes by the Assad regime.
The sisters were blown up, saw their friends killed and their home destroyed because eastern Ghouta has been used as a refuge by rebel fighters opposed to President Assad.
Just six days ago, the sisters tweeted: ‘We have lost everything, our neighbourhood, our home and our dreams.’
But last night the girls and their mother Shamza Khatib arrived in the city of Idlib where a fragile ceasefire is in force. In a Twitter video, Noor said: ‘After everything, the destruction, the starving, the fear, we have arrived in Idlib. We are so happy.’